Two magazine covers

[YOhio]

Both out this week.

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[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Both out this week.

Number One:




Number Two:

Logically, Edwards should win the whole thing. On paper he's the one who makes the most sense to me.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Logically, Edwards should win the whole thing. On paper he's the one who makes the most sense to me.

Please explain.

I abhor his hideous populism.

[hyrum]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Please explain.

I abhor his hideous populism.

I abhor his "I'm one of you" faux populism.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Please explain.

I abhor his hideous populism.

I don't like him either, but on paper he has always seemed to me the strongest candidate.

We have an extremely unpopular replublican president. Logically, this ought to be the democrats' year. Historically, we've only elected white male protestants as president, except once and barely, by a plurality, and he was a white male Kennedy. Edwards is a family man in spades, he's Evangelical Protestant, he's a white male from the south, he's articulate, he's good looking, he's rich, he has national name recognition and was the democrats' last VP. Truth be told he probably made up for a lot of Kerry's deficiencies and made the race fairly tight.

I won't be surprised if Edwards is elected president. But I sometimes fall prey to cynicism, which is what I'm doing now.

[SeattleUte]

I think Obama's and Clinton's strong showing so far reflects the democrats' most liberal, blue state elements engaging somewhat in wishful thinking, and a form of hubris. But if the democrats are going to blow this election that should be low hanging fruit for them it will be by nominating one of those two. It may well be that by the time the rubber meets the road that more pragmatic elements in the party will decide to rev up the machine for Edwards, who seems much less vulnerable against the republicans.

This is just my opinion, of course. Maybe we're seeing a major political transformation in America like what happened in 1980. Those events are historic and extraordinary, however, and I at least don't see it.