Clinton for Pres in 2008?

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
MMMM Tom Daschle! I'd be all about that.

While I do think Hillary would make an excellent candidate, she would not win a presidential election. And I'd really like the next Democratic candidate to be someone that could win... because I want a Dem as President in 2008.

Barack Obama is like the hottest politician in life.

OMG TOTALLY AGREE.

Although, having lost, Daschle has even less of a chance than Hilary does.

But I don't get this jazz about electing a moderate over a liberal. Newsflash: this is what they attempted to do this year. Kerry instead of Dean. (No, Kerry is not THAT liberal. Although, to be honest, Dean wasn't that much moreso than Kerry -- but people thought he was.) Aiming for the moderate will alienate just as many voters as it attracts, ESPECIALLY with the possibility of John McCain being the opponent. I'd vote for McCain over a Lieberman-type character anyday, and y'all know how bleeding-heart I am. I feel like I could trust McCain in office -- I don't get that vibe from Lieberman. Now obviously I am not saying, Go Communist, but we can't make the "a moderate candidate will appeal to the moderates" mistake again. Kerry got cut some slack from the further left factions this year because of the "Anybody but Bush" campaign but I doubt that the Democratic '08 candidate will get that help. People are just too frustrated with the system.

I actually think somebody like McCain in office would be a good strategy for uniting America -- which it will desperately need after Bush's second term -- since McCain is the type of politician who seems to draw admirerers, if not supporters, from all sides of the political spectrum. Obviously I'd rather have a decent Democrat, but I'd much rather have McCain in office than any administration that resembles the current one.

I'm also not sure where people are getting this "Obama is secretly a moderate/conservative" jazz from, but clearly I have a different conception of "moderate" than most of the world. And if this means that a significant number of moderates and conservatives would vote for him if he ran in '08, hey, I can't argue.

For the most part though -- it is WAY too early to be thinking about this. Let's concentrate on '06.