[Always Right]

Hillary is out of the question at this point. The only person I see that would sit well with the Deaniacs, might be Gore. If Hillary is forced down the throats of the Deaniacs, 1/3 of the Delegates will walk out of the convention. Not likely, but the Gore endorsement of Dean might have been an establishment play to set up Gore as their candidate who might be able to gain the support of the Deaniacs. I think Gore-Dean is the only plausable alternative to a Dean-led ticket.

Note: Clark is not out of the picture yet.

[smith288]

Note: Clark is not out of the picture yet.

*whisper* Clark's dad was Jewish...pass it on *whisper*

[tbeatty]

Dean will be the Dukakis of 2004. Gore's endorsement was shrewd. He realizes that Dean will be the immediate power broker but will ultimately lose the election. Gore will get to choose party powerfuls like DNC chairmen when Dean get's the nomination. It's a way for Gore to move out from the shadow.

The Dems have a dilemma. It's not the presidency, though. They run the real risk of disenfranchising their voters and having them stay home on election day. It's the house and senate losses that will be the biggest story if Dean wins. If Bush continues to do well with the economy and the war on terror, there will be many Dems who will just stay home rather than vote for Dean. This is what I think Dems are really afraid of.

[NutCrackerBoy]

I think Gore-Dean is the only plausable alternative to a Dean-led ticket.

It's a fascinating possibility. Even though Gore's Dean endorsement speeches had him shouting "Quagmire!", Gore the chameleon can leave that position behind. It would work. W would still win, but it wouldn't be a shellacking. But, unfortunately for the Democratic Party, Dean is unwilling to do it.

[hunter112]

The only person I see that would sit well with the Deaniacs, might be Gore.

Ah, always a bridesmaid, never a bride!

Nope, even the Deanie-weenies are smart enough to see that a guy who couldn't win his own state in his own run for the Presidency is not going to help them one bit. Since it would be suicide to appoint Hillary, even if Howard the Coward could stand her, he's going to have to go with a "bold stroke". I look for him to nominate the first black VP candidate, someone who is going to use the wreckage of the SS Dean to cling to for political survival much the same way Rose did in Titanic. I can't see anyone else wanting to book passage on this doomed ship.

[Stultis]

Note: Clark is not out of the picture yet.

Good. IMHO Clark would be an even worse disaster for the 'Rats than Dean. They're both nuts and say dumb things. Dean may be meaner, but Wesley's flip-floped more dramatically. The big plus with Wesley is the "crazy/creepy eyes" thing. Once he starts getting real scrutiny during the general, it'd be one "Ross Perot moment" after another.