No wonder Kucinich is doing so poorly.

Your initials and your luck

The notion of Hillary or Obama being more electable even though they aren’t quite as qualified just makes me want to pull my hair out.

It’s image — superficiality. And,

We have got to stop falling into this trap of electable vs. capable when they ARE NOT mutually exclusive.

If it makes you feel better, the GOP is worse about this, this election: Robertson is endorsing Giuliani.

[rolling eyes]

DLS, if that question mark is meant to imply incredulity, I am with you.

I was incredulous. She did okay, even had a couple of clever things to say (“Republican playbook” was maybe the best), but sparkles? *gag*

Most people were more sane and just said that she recovered in this debate from previous missteps, notably the problem she had about the driver’s licenses for illegal aliens (Spitzer’s plan).

The notion of Hillary or Obama being more electable even though they aren’t quite as qualified just makes me want to pull my hair out. It’s the same mistake Democrats made in 2004 when we nominated Kerry as the safe candidate instead of Howard Dean who would have fought tooth and nail against George Bush. If we nominate Richardson or Biden or even Dodd and throw the full support of the Democratic party behind him, we can beat the Republican nominee. We can attract independents and centrist Republicans with a candidate who is experienced, who has common sense, who has shown that he is capable of working with both parties, who can effectively negotiate with foreign powers (including the ones we don’t like). We have got to stop falling into this trap of electable vs. capable when they ARE NOT mutually exclusive.