And it might not be Hillary, in the end, who is the Dem candidate.
in fact, the way I see this race playing out right now - I currently give Hillary a 6 in 10 chance of winning in 2008.
she may well even be able to essentially run - unopposed. the conservative and right to lifers are busy taking down the top republican candidates, leaving us with a bunch of litmus test pure unknowns.
we barely won the elections in 2000 and 2004 - with a well known candidate, who had a well known family name, "pure" on the social issues, a religious man himself, plenty of money, running once as the incumbent. that formula - got us a 537 vote one state win and popular vote loss in 2000, and a one state win where a 65K vote swing could have given it to someone like Kerry in 2004.
so I'm supposed to believe that Hillary cannot possibly win in 2008?