People weighing in furiously on HRC vs BS should ask: (1) What are the chances your nominee would be reelected? And (2) How would s/he go about building a successor? These two questions are useful ways to extend the political horizon past November — which is just a handful of news cycles away — and thinking about 2020 and 2024. Can you see how your nominee will build a path toward a much-needed political realignment? If yes, we’ll be looking at a very different constellation of issues and forces in the next elections; if no, the situation will be catastrophic.