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As I read, I found myself thinking a moderate is a good choice, Democrats will have an uphill battle if they want to win over the far right radicals, and those people have a proven ability to get their choice elected.
Then I got to thinking about my friends, and for that matter myself, and how we will be motivated to vote for a Democratic Candidate.
First and formost, we are looking for someone who is NOT moderate. I do think the President needs to be practical and pragmatic, in fact I think that GW Bush is neither, and that is most of the problem.
Idiology is a great starting point for a negotiation, and that is where Ms Clinton fails completely. She seems to be taking the Position, as a starting point, that the radicals are never going to move. I don't want a candidate or President who starts from the middle and gets pulled to the right. I want a President who starts from the left, and pulls the conservatives toward the center.
Someone with Personal Power, and a willingness to moderate a position to reach an acceptable compromise.
Mr Edwards does not have the personal power, Ms Clinton does not have the ideology. Bill Richardson of New Mexico has both, but he lacks recognition. Barak Obama has both, if he has the "will" to win, I think we have a winner in him.
