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September 19, 2007

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On her worst day, Hillary would be a better president than any of the GOP contenders on their best day. That still does not make her my first or second choice. I believe in all honesty that she'd throw my ass under the bus without hesitation just because she didn't like my outfit. Look what her husband Bill did to his Gay supporters, twice! She likes power way too much for me to want her to be President.

Huckabee is a dangerous candidate in that he's smart and charming. He also provides the greatest contrast to Hillary. I believe she'd win, but it would be close.

He also provides the greatest contrast to Hillary. I believe she'd win, but it would be close.

If that's true, he'd also get the people disaffected by Hillary's DLCism back into the fold quick. No one is buying that Naderite "things gotta get worse before they'll get better" bullshit anymore.

Of course no one is buying it, now that things have gotten worse ... not such a hot idea, was it?

I'm starting to lean towards HRC myself, for a number of reasons, one of them being she's the only one running a campaign that's worth shit. Doesn't matter how progressive you are; if you don't know what to do with the sharp end of the stick you can't win. I suspect she's been planning this campaign for a long time. She seems to have a pretty good idea what she has to do to neutralize her negatives and move herself forward.

Huckabee is for sure the Republican I fear the most (i.e., at all). I don't understand why he's not a lock for the nomination. He's got the Christian Right bona fides and the ability (so it seems) to moderate them for a mass audience. He's a governor without any inconvenient Senate votes that can be hung around his neck. Maybe I too am underestimating the Repbulcian base's insanity.

As far as Romney being a danger, I don't see it. I can't look at the guy without thinking I'm watching a bad Evil Dead ripoff starring a third-rate Bruce Campbell look-alike. That is to say, he just screams "phony". I guess if you want "change" he's your man: he changes his positions faster, more often, and more completely than anyone else alive.

i don't think she's a lock. she has a substantial lead over both edwards and obama, but it's smaller than the lead that dean had against kerry in 2004.

but that was before new hampshire and iowa. if something weird happens there next year, it will stir the pot, and who knows how that will turn out. HRC could end up on top, but just as easily she could not.

and personally, i think all of them, clinton, obama, edwards, even "second tier" people like richardson, can beat any of the republican nominees. it has less to do with them and more to do with the mood of the country and the republican's complete unwillingness to make a break from the cult of bush.

i think all of them, clinton, obama, edwards, even "second tier" people like richardson can beat any of the republican nominees

Yup!

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