Fortunately, it looks like Hillary will be the pick (as of today) - with her as the candidate, she is beatable. The task then becomes one of maintaining unity. However, I am skeptical about that being the case if McCain, Romney or Giuliani is nominated. There are just some people who would rather Hillary got in than any of those three.
Regards, Ivan
perhaps the conservative base will learn some lessons from 2006 - all these "conservative democrats" elected to the House and Senate, they are all clay pigeons. they simply exist to empower the liberals that control the party.
what good is having a "base", if they equivocate about voting for you? if they look at the Dem opponent and say, "oh, he doesn't look too scary, I'll stay home".