Reply #13: Sorry, but I don't think so...

[Milo_Bloom]

Edwards has 0 chance, as he is even more of a hypocrite than Hilary and unfortunately, I just don't see cross-over appeal for Obama.

I believe of the candidates, Obama has the "best chance", but after watching his latest ad, I fear he is making the same mistakes as the others... He isn't identifying problems, only offering band-aid solutions that don't address the real issue.

The next President is going to have to be a PROBLEM SOLVER. Someone who gets right to the heart of an issue and offers a solution.

For example: Health Care... Giving everyone INSURANCE doesn't solve the PROBLEM. It shuts some people up, but we still have a broken system where a middle man sucks up a huge amount of the cost.

A adjustment of the current tax code... Doesn't solve the PROBLEM (that the deck in the tax code is stacked AGAINST people who work for a living in favor of money making money).

No gifts from lobbyists, basic campaign finance reform... Doesn't solve the PROBLEM that people can buy influence (such as bundling funds, etc..)

A slow phased withdrawl from Iraq doesn't solve the PROBLEM that we are in this mess because of our dependence on foreign oil.

None of the main candidates are offering real solutions... only to make the problem seem less... I am afriad that isn't going to get it done in 2008.