User blog:LurkerLordB/If Obama lost in 2008

If Barack Obama lost the 2008 presidential election, for any legitimate reason (even if the loss was narrow), who do you think would be running for the Democratic nomination right now? I assume that he would not run again (especially only four years later), due to having lost already Would Hillary Clinton, now not-focused on being Secretary of State, run as the "runner-up"? If the Blue Dogs gained in the 2010 elections instead of lost (as they win swing districts, and midterms tend to go against the president) Evan Bayh or another moderate may have been a major Democratic candidate right now. Would another prominent young black politician run, hoping to capture Obama's momentum? What other Democrats could run and be a major candidate this time around?