article_snippet: Democrats only viable plan is to make Clinton the best candidate possible," says one senior Democratic strategist.
article_snippet: all helps account for the paucity of alternatives, to be sure.
article_snippet: Next, while Clinton may have considered the upside of waiting to announce Clinton candidacy (Why not let the GOP battle her candidacy out?
article_snippet: No need to give GOP GOP early target practice?)
article_snippet: , the downside is now obvious: How do you mount a defense with no real or organized apparatus to respond?
article_snippet: Bottom line, there is no organized pushback and there is no Plan B. (OK, Jim Webb, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders
article_snippet: Or at least no Big Plan B. The pre-presidential league on the Democratic side is not exactly overflowing with big-time candidates.