I got a fundraising letter from Sen. Obama, for johnkerry.com. I see

[thereismore]

a dem 08 ticket: Kerry/Obama. Unbeatable.

[truebrit71]

1. Yup, as long as you remove Kerry and Obama you'd be right!

;-) :evilgrin:

[saltpoint]

4. Careful now. Them's 2 good men.

Both Democrats.

[thereismore]

5. I think Obama is too green for a solo run. As a Veep, yes. I am

betting that's what it's going to be. Why do you think the pair is unelectable?

[babylonsister]

2. Wow! That wouldn't surprise me at all-did I say WOW? nt

[hfojvt]

3. absolutely

with a Massachusetts liberal senator and a black man on our ticket we will sweep all the southern states, even Texas.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Don't need a single Southern state.

And it's against our better interests to even try, at least on the Presidential level.

[thereismore]

7. Technically you're right, but I get the vibes of 1860 from such

strategy.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Why design a strategy around an area you're bound to lose?

The south is, simply put, not going to support a Democrat any time soon. The Midwest and West, however, will. So why not focus on them instead?

[BluegrassDem]

9. Sorry, but Kerry is toast

He had his chance in 2004. Time for new blood.

[saltpoint]

10. Hi, BluegrassDem. No blood is new blood. It's all the same blood.

He's afforded the same shot at the office as any other qualifying American.

And he is qualified for the job intellectually.

U.S. politics is not a very predictable arena of accomplishment. Just ask President Dewey.

Many variables are at play, some we know, others we don't, and some that haven't risen yet into the mix.

I've posted on DU before that mathematically, logically, and statistically, there is a field of possibly 50 human beings, and no more and probably fewer, one of whom will be the next U.S. president.

If you wanted to narrow that already-limited field to the well-connected, grassroots-savvy, cash-on-hand few, you might come up with 10 or 12 possible names.

If you throw in demographics and election demographic trends, the field narrows sharply to about half a dozen.

John Kerry is definitely one of those 6.

[wisteria]

11. I wouldn't count him out. Sometimes chances come around

more than once. Frankly, I opt for experienced blood. New, inexperieced blood we don't need.

[politicasista]

12. Anyone is qualified.

I think we should let the debates and voters decide who's toast and who isn't before making predicitions.


Who is "new" blood by the way? Everyone but Kerry that ran in 04 or just someone under the radar?


JMHO.

[rep the dems]

13. I don't think that Kerry will win the nomination again.

[politicasista]

14. Is it going to be Hillary?

Or who else. Do tell.

[rep the dems]

16. If I were to make a guess at this point, and I know DU probably

won't like this, I'd say either Bayh or Edwards is the most likely to be the nominee. Maybe Obama or Gore. But I won't make any guarantees since I change my mind so much.

[JNelson6563]

15. *sigh*

Ugh.

I don't believe Kerry's learned his lesson re: consultants and polls and Obama is so damn green I can't see him in the forest.



Julie