Originally Posted by bdschobel

I have no use for George W. at all but was twice amazed at the weak candidates that the Democrats ran against him. Gore was more or less a logical choice, being a sitting VP, but Kerry was just a loser from the very beginning. At a minimum, he was far from the Democrats' strongest potential candidate. Personally, I believe that John Edwards would have done better at the top of the ticket.

As a final thought, if the Democrats run Hillary Clinton as their candidate in 2008, they deserve to disappear from the U.S. political map, in the same way as the Whigs did years ago. I can think of no other candidate who is guaranteed to lose the general election. It almost doesn't matter who the Republicans run. By the way, this is not a comment on Hillary's abilities in general, just on her ability to get elected president!