Here is where I am...I was a serious Edwards guy.
I was excited by not only his positions but his potential to empower the party and move Democrats forward into a new style of governance.
I have now migrated to Obama. I am not crazy about him but not turned off at all. He also has that capacity to move the party and the country in a new direction as well.
One of the problems, as I see it, with Hillary Clinton is that in her tepid election strategy (if she got the nomination) is that she would be very likely to choose a mushy not standing for much Democrat like Evan Bayh, Tom Vilsack or Ted Strickland - all fine enough in their places. But if for some reason HRC won the election and had two terms the mantle of the party would be passed to politicians who live for incremental, bi-partisan, change in a time where big change is needed.
So that is why I was surprised when I was chatting with a friend who is a member of the DNC...
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