USNews's gossip column sums up the chattering classes conventional wisdom on Dem '08:

An escalating battle between front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Cinton and 2004 nominee Sen. John Kerry. [US News] learns that Kerry is not just testing the waters: He's running. “His family wants him to run again,” says one pal.

Friends of Hillary, meanwhile, are touting her front-runner status and joining in the chorus of Democrats who think Kerry should crawl under a rock and go away.

It's like that storyline from The West Wing where the Democrats have to choose a nominee, only tedious and badly written. And, y'kno, real.

My personal preference is for Hillary, because John Kerry, my former boss, is as stiff as a very life-like cardboard cut-out of someone with a whole lot of charisma. If that picture of my cousin making out with a cardboard cutout of Frank Sinatra hadn't turned out blurry, I could show you exactly what I mean, but it did, so I can't. Also, if the GOP nominates a man, I can't wait for the “Hillary, rod him!” signs. But that's just me.

That said, absolutely the last thing the Democrats should be doing right now is have two of our three most electable candidates to shreds a year and a half before the election even begins. I mean, really—am I the only Democrat who wants to win the elections? Is that it?

I think we Demos should focus on '06 for now. That is what I am doing, backing Pete Ashdown vs. Borrin Orrin for senate. I will send you an Ashdown key chain. GUY

Posted by  Anonymous @ 6:56 PM

 

cousin w/frank sinatra cut out?????!!!! who? I know it wasnt me (maybe marlena dietrich cut out, but not FS). but sounds like someone from our side of the family. LOL.
Laura

Posted by  Anonymous @ 11:53 AM

 

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