I like Obama and think he may run. I think it is more likely that he will end up a vice presidential candidate in 2008.
For those that say Hillary can’t win, I think you are wrong. I’m not saying she will win, but she has a chance.
Here is how:
She goes into the primaries and crushes her opponents. Kind of like Kerry did in 2004. After a few primaries it was obvious who the winner was and he spent the rest of the primary campaign time basically worrying about Bush, not the other candidates. Hillary could do the same. Meanwhile the dozen different republican candidates spend the entire primary ripping themselves to shreds. She gets the nomination and makes an inspired pick at vice president. Say, Obama, for example. If you are going to offer a fresh alternative to the people, why not go all the way.
A black vice presidential candidate will help her solidify the democratic base which has a large amount of minorities in it. Then she pulls out the big gun. Bill Clinton. Love or hate him you have to admit he is the best campaigner of this generation and maybe of all time. The guy is slick as snot on a slug. He is a southerner and he and Hillary have southern roots. They can go down there and win a couple of the southern states. I’m not saying it will happen, but it could. When Clinton left office he was still pretty popular. Gore refused to let him campaign for him because he wanted to prove he was his own man. Hillary won’t make that mistake and unlike most of the democrats Bill and Hillary are not afraid to play dirty and they will fight back.
Some people say that she may be too liberal and people won’t vote for her. Kerry is considered one of the most liberal politicians in the country and he came within a few votes and some funny business of winning Ohio and the presidency. Some people say she is too polarizing a figure to win. There is no more polarizing figure in American politics the George W Bush and he won twice.
She might not be a good president, but to dismiss her unable to win is wrong if anything the Bush administration has taught us that you can fool the sheep into believing anything is good for them.
sorry for the long post
