A Head Start

摘要

I don't know anyone who's in a hurry to start the 2016 presidential campaign, including the men and women who hope to be President. But I'm always curious to hear what our editor at large David von Drehle makes of the new tribes, old feuds and sudden plot twists that shape the pageant of American politics. In a recent editorial meeting, he started talking about the challenge facing anyone in either party looking to block Hillary Clinton's road to the White House, and I wanted to hear more. David makes a persuasive argument that Clinton doesn't need to declare a candidacy anytime soon because nothing would actually change: she's already giving the speeches, schmoozing the wallets, watering the grassroots and tracking which Democrats have been naughty or nice. None of which means that she's unstoppable-only that politics, like life, isn't fair, players get to play by different rules, and Hillary rules are ones any aspiring candidate would envy.