Reply #18: I've Posted Several Times

[The River]

that 2008 is not the year for a non-traditional candidate.
With so many disillusioned Repubs and Indy votes up for grabs
why risk loosing by running someone "different" from the
previous 43 Presidents just to be doing something "different"?

As this passage from the Rolling Stone article indicates, some Dems seem to be
thinking more with their hearts than heads.

"There's a lot of democrats who would like to make history," says Markos Moulitsas, founder of the influential online forum Daily Kos. "The party is anxious to nominate a black or a woman," agrees Dick Morris, the former adviser to Bill Clinton."


Too much is at stake in 08; both for America and the World to risk pushing cultural limits
to prove how "big tent" we are or "to make history". There are far too many closet racists and closet misogynists in this Country who will vote Republican before they ever vote for a ________. That may sound harsh but it's a reality. As a society, we have come a long way in the last 50 years on issues of race and gender, but not far enough.

Edwards is the one candidate who is both progressive enough and traditional enough
to ensure a near landslide with plenty of crossover votes from disaffected Repubs.