NPR analyst and Hillary Clinton apologist Cokie Roberts made the mistake of saying that Democrats are talking about a replacement for Hillary Clinton in the wake of her health episode on Sunday. 

During Morning Edition on Monday, anchor David Greene asked Roberts how Democrats are responding to Clinton's health scare, to which she responded perhaps a little too truthfully for most Democrats' liking. Newsbusters provides Roberts comments: 

Well, people are angry at the lack of transparency. It was hours before the pneumonia diagnosis was revealed, after seeing this incredibly damaging video of her being helped and stumbling into a van. And, look, there's a reason why the campaign's not transparent. Obviously, it gives Trump ammunition. And he's been setting her up for this for months.

I mean, back in January, he started saying that she didn't have the strength and stamina to be president. And he knew at some point in the campaign schedule that she, like all candidates, would get exhausted. But the fact that it comes now, when the polls are tightening and Democrats were already saying that Hillary was the only candidate who could not beat Trump - and it's taking her off of the campaign trail, canceling her trip to California today...

Roberts then revealed that "nervous" Democrats are "whispering" about "having her [Clinton] step aside and finding another candidate."

The NPR analyst then seemed to get a bit tripped up. Perhaps in an attempt to recover from her revelation, Roberts qualified that finding a replacement for Hillary would be "unlikely" to happen, but then she added even more fuel on the fire by suggesting that if one were chosen, it would likely be the even older, gaffe-addled Joe Biden. Roberts, perhaps in an attempt to back peddle from that comment, then turned the tables and talked about how little we know of Donald Trump's health:  

...And I'm sure it's an overreaction of an already skittish party. But, you know, they have looked at what happens in that circumstance. And the Democratic National Committee chair convenes the committee, and they vote. Now, ironically, the candidate that everybody looks at is Joe Biden, who, of course, is older than Hillary Clinton. But then again, so is Donald Trump. And, by the way, we know nothing about his health.

Despite all the chatter and what Roberts said about Democrats not believing Clinton could defeat Trump, liberals know that at this point no one offers a better chance to win the presidency than Clinton, despite her myriad "issues." 

In reality -- and despite the temptation of some to start celebrating -- it is highly unlikely Clinton will step aside under any circumstances, even if the state of her health is far graver than we have been led to believe (which is entirely plausible). 

That said, with Wikileaks' Julian Assange dangling his promise of an October surprise over Clinton's head almost daily, the stress of that impending doom may precipitate its own set of consequences for the Democratic candidate. We are still weeks away from voting day in this most unusual of presidential elections. Anything can happen.