If you want President McCain, go ahead and give the GOP what they want, an untested black guy to run against, or a woman who nobody really feels comfortable with as president. But if you want to make sure McCain never becomes president, get real.
There are only two people who can certainly beat McCain in moderate-conservative white swing districts, and those are Gore and Kerry. If Gore runs, Kerry is probably an also-ran, alhtough I'd like to see them vie for it mano a mano.
If Gore doesn't run, then Kerry could and should become the one we all get behind in the end. Unless Biden comes from the back of the pack to challenge. Because this time, the GOP will not be able to beat Kerry. And the smearvets and "flipflopper" ads are ancient history never to be repeated again. Afterall, McCain is the enemy and was the victim of the smearvets too. Sp poetic justice the smearvets actually end up putting Kerry in the White House. What a story that would be.
Let me tell you, Kerry may not be a perfect candidate, but he would be a great president. And he is a much better candidate now than he was in 2004, when he came within one dirty trick of taking out a war-time president for the first time in US history. After cancer surgery and long bouts of laryngitis I might add.
I understand the Dem base is energized by Obama, but that happens every four years. Some new face who talks outside the mainstream gets shoved onto the altar, and "establishment" candidates get poo-pooe'd. But the alternative guy never wins, and if you think Kerry is establishment, just remember all the establish sacred vows he's taken on, risking his own life to do so. And enxt time, he's going to take on Big Oil. Want that to happen? I do. |
