Obama may be Hillary's most significant opponent in 2016

Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley write at Politico that Hillary's most significant opponent in 2016 may be Barack Obama.

The overall history lesson is crystal clear. Should Obama regain majority approval before the election, Clinton would probably benefit dramatically. While Obama scoring in the mid-to-high 40s isn’t ideal for the Democratic nominee, at that level he wouldn’t be an anvil tied to Clinton’s ankle. And if Obama becomes mired in the unpopularity swamp that characterized Truman, Johnson, and both Bushes, Clinton will have been defeated by Obama twice, once in the 2008 Democratic primaries and once in the 2016 general election.

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