[arthurus]

Democrat losers in squeaker elections tend to be squoke right out of presidential politics. Kerry and Algor, for instance. On the left a loser becomes reidentified as ideologically impure and a purer candidate and organization will arise for the next run.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Democrat losers in squeaker elections tend to be squoke right out of presidential politics. Kerry and Algor, for instance. On the left a loser becomes reidentified as ideologically impure and a purer candidate and organization will arise for the next run."

I agree in general. However Obama has two qualities that those two don't have. The first is that he is still very young. The second is his organizing skills. After those two lost, they did not become the titular heads of their parties as most do. The Clintons still were. If Obama loses, he will quickly organize the Democratic party around himself, not the Clintons.