The fact that Democrats are even considering Gore, Kerry, and Hilarity! shows clearly that they are totally bereft of ideas, and they have no vision for America at all - beyond socializing health care and submitting our national security to UN approval.

Oh, did I forget to mention raising taxes? Sorry - I thought that went without saying. My bad.

Hey, we aren't talking about Adlai Stevenson, Grover Cleveland, Andrew Jackson, or Thomas Jefferson here. They are the only Democrats nominated for President after losing a Presidential race.

I deliberately left William Jennings Bryan off the list. The very mention of his name gets Gore too hyped up.

Let him run again, or Hillary or any of the other dwarves and we'll keep the White House another 8 years! Woo Hoo!

WB:
If the Democratic Primary was run only in NYC, Berkley, San Francisco, and Boston Sen.Clinton would be in trouble. But there is purple in the Democratic Blue Robe and the fact that Frank Rich feels left out will only help HRC win the nomination.

She is going to kill Kerry, Gore, and whoever else the McGovern wing crowns as there pure candidate. The Rich's and Ivin's of the world are in full lather because of President Bush's horrid poll's but the disatisfaction over Bush doesn't translate into votes for the radical wing of the Dem's, even in the primary. Look at Oregon, California. Blue states to the core. But as Oregon was voting for Kerry they also voted for a DOMA style bill. California has Boxer but the also have Feinstein, a Clinton supporter.

The Democratic MSM wants a say on their parties choice for Prez so they are getting their feathers ruffled at the early coronation of Sen. Clinton. But whether you like her or not, (for the record, I don't), she is a pro and there is a reason she has been playing both sides of the fence and has not rushed to the ramparts with her Democratic comrades. Because she knows how to win elections and she knows that a McGovern style campaign will go down in flames.Frank Rich wants to be rightous, in a secular manner, and HRC wants to win.

I am going to sit back and laugh as HRC wipes out Kerry, Gore, ect. This is major league vs.minor league. It won't be close.

Hillary has had this locked up before now, she has it locked up now, and she will have it locked up in 2008. No emerging candidate has been as certain of their party's nomination since Eisenhower. Why o why do we continue the charade of discussing alternatives? And beyond being an enourmous waste of analytical energy, she must love all this nonsensical talk because it will only serve to make her look more moderate by comparison.

Of our 43 presidents, I believe that only two have been elected directly from the Congress to the White House - Kennedy and Harding. Most have been VP, Governors, generals. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that executives need different skills than legislators. And, Congress critters have a national voting record that can be used to attack them, as well as few direct accomplishments they can point to. So, if one party nominates a senator and the other a governor, my money's on the governor. If the Democrats were smart, they'd nominate a governor like what's his name from Virginia, not Hilary or Byah or Kerry. If the Republicans were smart, they'd nominate Romney or Rice, not McCain or Hagel or some other senator. For now, the national press focuses on Congress critters, but real people tend to nominate and elect someone with executive experience. Caution - as a former VP, Gore would have the image of previous executive experience. I fear he would beat a GOP senator.