I think this is wishful thinking on your part.
If the race were held today, HRC would get 40-43% of the vote nationwide.
Now consider-do you know any group of 100 people where 43 of them would vote for HRC?
No, you don't, and neither do I-so we both are substantially underdiscerning the HRC vote.
Add to this that she will have (media) air superiority and that her campaign will be very unconventional in design, relying on deception and "shock and awe" (see my post #17), and there is ample reason to worry.
Hillary Clinton is not someone to be underestimated. She is power-mad, ruthless, remorseless and cunning - the kind of politician who is very dangerous in tough economic times.
Throughout history, when people have become economically desperate, their panic has caused them to grasp any piece of politically rotten wood to stay afloat.
The sinking economy and the destruction of jobs will be the major item in the 2004 campaign. The democrats will demogogue these to death.
I think Hillary! is more of a threat than anybody else out there, especially if she takes the nomination at the last minute (which is what I think her stategy is). She can galvanize the Left and the Media in a heartbeat. Millions of women will vote for her simply because she is a "woman".
One thing nobody has yet mentioned is the huge "dead" vote, illegal vote and the big city machines that will go into overdrive stuffing ballot boxes. It won't even matter if it is "obvious", all that matters is she "win". After she takes office, she owns the Justice Department and there will be no prosecutions of even widespread voter fraud no matter how much anybody screams. Look how effective Reno was in shutting Justice down!
If Hillary gets into office, the American Republic is doomed. The ultimate in Organized Crime will have prevailed, probably for good. This situation is that serious. We shouldn't kid ourselves.