And if Edwards or Clark had caught Kerry, it would have meant...what?
Yawn!
"And if Edwards or Clark had caught Kerry, it would have meant...what?"
Right, that's basically what I said on another thread on this same basic issue, changing the primary process.
Edwards was bad enough on the stump as the Veep. Clark came across as at least as looney as Dean. For a while I thought they'd blown it by rejecting Dean, but now that he's head of the DNC, it's clear I was wrong about that. I don't know the last time America elected a churl to be president, but they won't be doing that in the age of Oprah.
In my 20/20 hindsight Kerry was the best they had. And it is arguable that could he have made up his mind on ANYTHING, and had he not been a comrade in arms with Hanoi Jane Fonda, he might have even prevailed.
Two bigs ifs, admittedly. But none of the others were a wit better. And if they think they can win with Hillary, good luck on that count too. The really, really, really, really sad part is, Kerry was the best they had, and Hillary is the best they've got.