[Luis Gonzalez]

Tell you what Dan, it's never good to understimate your opponent...look what's happened to the people who've been arguing that Bush is too stupid to do anything over the past few years.

She'll sew up a boatload of votes from women simply because she's a woman herself, and she's running for the presidency.

The only positive aspect of having Hillary run, will be the fact that it should solidify the GOP base, as much as this fabled base could ever possibly solidify.

Throw Barack Obama in the ticket, and the GOP loses the majority of black votes we may have gained over the past few decades.

[Dan from Michigan]

I agree with you about underestimating opponents. I take all opponents seriously and did not mean to imply that I didn't. I do think Hillary's overrated, but not a cakewalk. Kerry was the guy I wanted to face from the start, but that doesn't mean we can stop working.

The first thing I look at is if candidate can sell in the Midwest since that's where most swing states are at.

Obama does scare me down the road. He's well spoken, articulate, and unless a complete disaster happens, will win statewide. He's also from the Midwest. Since he's NOT from Detroit, he'd probably be a threat in my own state since he won't be able to antagonize the Detroit suburbs in the racial politics that goes on between Detroiters and Detroit's burb - while at the same time getting votes there and in Southfield/Flint.

Bill Richardson scares me the most. Governor(outsider). Insider ties(Klinton). Experience(albeit not necessarily good experience). First Hispanic on a ticket. Westerner. At least somewhat pro-2a(Signed Conceal Carry). I think he can 'good ole boy' his way to a lot of votes up here.