ABC’s Raddatz: ‘Big Mistake’ for Dems If They Let Hillary Run Unopposed in 2016

RADDATZ: "Van, there’s a — there’s a new CNN poll out this week. A slim majority of voters think the personal e-mail issue is a serious problem and that she did something wrong. But 57 percent still say they’d be proud to have her as president."
JONES: "Yes, absolutely. Look, this is — look, I wish that she had handled it differently. She said she wishes that she had handled it differently. But this is just the Republican, you know, machine. It jumps up and down every time she does something. The reality is, she is head and shoulders above every Republican candidate. And they’ve got about 20. She’s 10 to 20 points..."
ROBERTS: "Well..."
JONES:  "— ahead of them."
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ROBERTS: "That’ll change once there’s one Republican..."
JONES: "But this particular scandal is a big nothing for her."
ROBERTS: "No, I agree that it’s going to go away, but Governor Romney actually made the point that will stick, which is the point about there go the Clintons again. And now it’s possible that anybody who feels that way was not going to vote for her to begin with, but there is that sense in the body politic of oh is it going to be an exhausting scandal-ridden administration that we have to just keep going back at?"
RADDATZ: "Well, the big news this morning, a Boston Globe editorial, saying Elizabeth Warren step up and run. Democrats would be making a big mistake if they let Hillary Clinton coast to the presidential nomination without real opposition and as a national leader Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren can make sure that doesn’t happen. But Warren has reportedly vowed that she won’t run for president herself. She ought to reconsider. I believe the Boston Globe supported Barack Obama."
ROBERTS: "I do think it’s true that it’s better for the Democratic Party if Hillary Clinton is opposed, because she has to get her arguments out. It would make her a better candidate in the general election. If I were Elizabeth Warren, I would not choose to be the sacrificial lamb in that particular contest. And the Boston Globe is rooting for a hometown girl in a very liberal state."