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My Updated Democratic Candidate Rankings

Since the second Democratic debate was held on Saturday night, as I've done following each and every debate, I thought I'd update my Democratic candidate rankings.

Following the first debate, I listed my rankings at this link: http://thekind-heartedsmartaleck.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-democratic-candidate-rankings.html

Since that time, two candidates, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, have dropped out of the race, and Joe Biden made it official he wouldn't be running for the 2016 presidential election. So, unlike the Republican primary circus, which still has 14 candidates up and running, we're down to just 3 such candidates on the Democratic side.

3) Martin O'Malley (no change): O'Malley has performed pretty well at both sets of debates, comes across as a fairly likable candidate, and could potentially be thought of as running-mate material, but with poll numbers being what they are, it's only a matter of time before he follows the way of Webb and Chafee.

2) Hillary Clinton (no change): Clinton shined yet again in her debate performance on Saturday. Due to her two performances, she's been progressively moving closer to leap-frogging Bernie Sanders in my rankings. For the time being, though, I'll still place her at #2, knowing full well there's a greater chance of her being the Democratic nominee than of the Detroit Lions winning at Lambeau Field yesterday. Oh, so that happened? Very well...

1) Bernie Sanders (no change): Perhaps it's due to a lack of experience, but the debate stage isn't wear Sanders is at his best, and where Clinton often gets the best of him. I love his ideas and hope he continues to work to improve this country, but I have a difficult time seeing him overtake Clinton as the Democratic nominee.

Desired 2016 presidential match-up: Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders vs. Republican candidate John Kasich (no change)

Predicted 2016 presidential match-up: Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton vs. Republican candidate Marco Rubio (no change)

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