[LS]

When you put any of the "nine dwarfs," especially the French-looking John F. Kerry or Howard ("I'm a nut") Dean on a ticket, watch the numbers shift DRASTICALLY against the Dems.

[MainstreamConservative]

I'd love to see Kerrey get the nomination. Can you say "elitist snob?" If Dean gets the nomination, the democrats can say good night. The strongest democrats currently running are actually the dullest; Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt. Lieberman can appeal to swing voters because, on the whole, is record in Washington is farily moderate, and he has been a champion of restrictions against music compainies that print obscene records, an issue many swing voters care about. Gephardt can appeal to blue collar workers and even social conservatives in the democratic party who would otherwise vote for Bush, largely because of his immage as a blue collar worker who's "down to earth." Plus, both (particularly Lieberman) pass the basic national security sniff test (basically did they support the Iraq conflict and an agressive pursuit of the war on terror).