Interesting. That figures into my line of thought as well. That rather than the front runners of today, the candidate for each side may be someone no one is taking seriously (if their even generating any buzz at all) at this point. For some reason people can accept that as a possibility for the Republican nominations, but they've accepted H.C. is a given on the Dem ticket. IMO, I think a number of people do not fully under the makeup of the Dem base at the moment. It is not a given they'll vote for Hillary at all.
They want to win. But they also want to win on a pure Liberal ideology, as they have adopted the term Liberalism to represent. A Maxist godless Global Community. I don't think anyone can know which will be the more powerful draw four years from now.
Edwards is living in a dream world. He couldn't even win his own state. I like Rudy, I'd vote for him in a general election, but I wouldn't vote to send him to that general election. He's a Liberal loyal Republican straight on what he believes that is strong on Defense. Preferable to anyone the Dems are likely to put up. I'd prefer a conservative though, and will vote accoringly in the primary.
McCain will never have my vote. These polsters can continue to put his name out there but without base support, he loses. The prospect of anyone short of Hitler on the Dem aisle could not entice me to vote for him.
Thanks for the response and fleshing out my thoughts. I don't have a Crystal Ball but IMO, the changes we have seen from 1994 to the 'o4 election will continue to accelerate and moving to the right side of the political spectrum. I am increasingly doubtful that the Clinton or the other Leftist hopefuls will have much traction after the '06 elections. Time will tell, but I would take even odds that Hillary will not be the Nominee.