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"... that his candidacy should be rejected outright. If it proceeds it will be the final nail in the coffin of the Democrat Party, a party that will be crushed at the polls on November 2. .."

No it won't. He's the perfect "Clinton" candidate - flawed enough to be easily turned upon by his own party. Like the Senators turned upon Ceasar centuries ago, the ruthless demonRats will devour him - and claim they do it "for the good of the country"; claiming also remorse because the vetting process that is the primaries failed to discover his treachery, and thus weed him out.

But that still leaves the "party of the People" in dire straits - and in need of rescueing... enter stage-right, Hillary mounted upon her white charger to the rescue. Oh, as for herself being (or not, in this scenario) "vetted"??? An insignificant detail that would pale in comparison to her being percieved as the noble candidate who would risk all, even political defeat in the midst of the now-flailing-blindly peoples party, in order to take up the banner of righteousness against the evil, "President-SELECT Bush" (she has been quoted as using this exact same phrase to describe our President).

As for a crushing defeat come November 2nd? I doubt it; at least a third of registered voters subscribe to the persona that is the modern day (Stalinist, Hitlerite, Fascist, Marxist, Socialist...) Democrat. They will turn out to vote - hate is a powerful motivator.

CGVet58

"They will turn out to vote - hate is a powerful motivator."

Actually, the opposite is true. People turn out "for" things. Hate/anger yields hopelessness, lack of faith in the system, feelings that it won't make a difference.

Anger is volatile, it could easily be turned against Kerry. Especially because there is no real unifying idea(s) on the other side, more a loose coalition of single gripes. If Kerry doesn't tow the specific lines, they won't show up.

The anti-war crowd is really feeling out of the loop right now. Kerry is really stuck here, because that angy base is due mainly to Iraq.

Kerry will not just say, pull the US out. Instead he will wobble towards some vague "let the UN take over".

This really pisses off the anti war crowd, the Deaniacs, activists etc. They will be swayed by Nader's "there is no difference" posture.

So I am optimistic. I think there is good reason to be.