New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick said that the candidates that have emerged as Democratic frontrunners for the 2016 presidential election were "a pathetic scene."
Discussing a recent New Yorker article that names outgoing Gov. Martin O'Malley (D., Md.), former Sen. Jim Webb (D., Va.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D., Vt.) as potential Democratic candidates, Remnick concluded that Hillary Clinton and her potential challengers were in a sad and difficult position heading into 2016.
"Maybe some of the candidates that are popping up are not the ones that are going to throw her off her horse, but everything is in flux," Remnick said on MSNBC's Morning Joe. "It's a really pathetic scene."
The New Yorker article, called "The Inevitability Trap," argues that Clinton's label as the "inevitable" Democratic nominee may lead to another insurgency within the Democratic party similar to her primary battle with Barack Obama in 2008.
"When we talk about inevitability and it's gonna happen, no doubt about it, I think Hillary Clinton, waking up, ought to get rid of that word 'inevitability' as fast as humanly possible," Remnick said.