Why do the Democrats do this to themselves? They always pick the candidate least likely to win the nomination, either a stiff vice-president (Gore) or the ultra-liberal blowhard of Massachusetts with zero crossover appeal (Kerry, Dukakis.) In all those races (well, except maybe in '88 after Gary Hart blew it by getting blown by someone other than his wife), there was a candidate who appealed to core Democratic values and could actually win a general election.
This primary battle is not so simple. On the surface, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama agree on more than enough issues to make them equally fitting candidates. But it's the electability issue that is being ignored, particularly in Ohio and Texas, that should have been the #1 deciding factor in yesterday's primaries, plus the #2 deciding factor, which should have given us different results...
UPDATED: With the Slate story on how this election, as always, is really just about Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck...
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