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nah, he's not electable either in the current  {and impending} economic climate.

i cant wait to see him get pwn3d in the debates with obama, if he even has the guts to sign up.

If she takes the VP and they don't get anything significant accomplished first-term, she too will be saddled with the "same old political *feces* -- didn't do anything for me" label.  Hard to run a Make A Change campaign with that albatross.

Not sure about the debates. I've watched Obama and he is much better at speeches. His debates have been average at best. Not saying he doesn't beat McCain but it's an area of improvement for him.

Hillary needs to make a graceful exit now. If she some how, some way gets the nomination it will be seen by a large portion of the populace as stealing. This whole "I'm more electable, let the superdelegates decide" is more  than the Bush-Gore Florida fiasco.

I think she won't get the chance to be VP because I don't believe it will be offered. I agree that a white male centrist would be an excellent choice for Obama. Plus she wants/needs the top spot so a graceful exit after a hard fought campaign (and working to unite the party) will serve her better 4-8 years down the road.

I call it my deserted island theory.

Imagine you've been stranded on an island for 30 years. One day you're miraculously rescued by a passing ship. In conversation the captain tells you that the American presidential election is tomorrow, and he tells you to make a pick. The candidates are a black guy (or a white woman) vs. a crusty old white war hero.

Who are you picking?

Bookmark it. 

JDerion, September 8, 2004:

I'm sure I did call Kerry in the early going. No doubt I was calling for a Bush defeat, even before we knew who he'd be running against. It did seem inconceivable that Bush would be reelected, and at first blush Kerry seemed to be a viable candidate. There was a lot of water under the bridge when I made that post with two months to go.

No, I don't have the board archived, but I did remember making that post. Kerry frustrated the hell out of me, and at that point I remember throwing my hands up when the writing on the wall started to become very clear.

I've been on the Obama bandwagon for a long time; probably since it first became clear he was going to throw his hat in the ring. Add to that my strong dislike for Hillary (and I know I was consistent on that back in the FGI days!) and this race has not been one that has caused me any second thoughts about that choice. But I'm not overly optimistic about what is coming down the pike. I think we're in for a very frustrating summer as we begin to hear people around us find reasons to play it safe with the old, white, war hero.

The only hope lies in new voters and big turnout, or a big time McCain *fudge* up. That's my call right now as much as it pains me to say it.