[Kevin Curry]

Listen: this is not a good time to be a liberal Democrat in the White House. Clinton understood this, and still understands it--which is why he is trying to get Wesley Clark shaped up for the run. Clinton is vile, but his political instincts on this issue are flawless.

Hillary may pretend to--or even be--a third-way adherent, but her candidacy will bring its own hugely divisive, ugly dynamic to the fore. She will be running in 2008. Better that she run a brutal campaign against a failed Democratic incumbent in the primary and display herself in all its hideous unglory than save her game face for a fresh Republican candidate in the general election.

[mrsmith]

You miss that Kerry or Edwards could easily buy her off with a promise of the Chief Justice appointment if their chances look good.

You've a very, very high opinion of the "rewards" an obstructionist Republican congress will reap too IMHO.

But at least you're presenting a coherent argument, whatever it's merits.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Let's chill a moment before counting dragons before their eggs have hatched. Let's see if the movement to write in the esteemed Representative from Colorado in the Primaries has the desired effect of reining in the President and herding the RINOs. If that fails THEN we conservatives can discuss scorched-earth strategeries.