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Sure, the market for Democratic presidential candidates is getting a little saturated. Because there's almost never a downside to running. The candidates of the crowded fields in the last few presidential elections — even the also-rans — almost always came out ahead or, at worst, ended up in the same place. No Democrat will say they're running for something else, like vice president or cabinet secretary. But that's where some of them will end up, if the Democratic nominee beats President Trump. If Trump wins, some of them are young enough to give it another try in four years. And if that doesn't happen, they can always become a cable news talking head. A quick look at the "whatever happened to them" file: Hillary Clinton (2008) became Barack Obama's secretary of state before moving on to that other presidential race. Joe Biden (2008) became his vice president. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul (2016) all went back to the Senate.