Our next President...

[Democratic Hawk]

Depends who the nominees are

1) Liberal Democrat versus Moderate Republican - Republican in near landslide

2) Liberal Democrat versus Conservative Republican - pretty much the same as it is now but states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin highly vulnerable to GOP

3) Moderate Democrat versus Moderate Republican - could go either way and boil down to candidate's characteristics rather than ideology

4) Moderate Democrat versus Conservative Republican - Democrat in comfortable margin of victory

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

Has CNN or others ever contemplated that Fox News, the NY Post, and other Republican entities are treading lightly with Hillary b/c they know she's not electable?  The party (as a whole) doesn't know how to foster a middle class or wage an effective war, but they do know electability--and know it darn well.  But we can continue to delude ourselves into thinking she can win red states (against the real candidate, George Allen).

I think they are trying to paint her as a front-runner so that by 2008, everybody cringes when they here Hillary Clinton and they don't vote for her. Not that's she's going to run anyways (thank god!).

I hope she decides to stay in the Senate...forever.

Yes, I dare say Hillary could have that New York seat for life - so with  bit of luck that's exactly where she'll stay

Dave