Reply #24: Yes, context is everything, isn't it? [View All]

[Bongo Prophet]

My thoughts parallel yours to a large degree.
In 2004, we had a stronger field of candidates by some standards - and Kerry>Dean>Clark>Edwards was a strong center/left range. Kerry being the most progressive loong voting record, (except for Kucinich) with great enviro and foreign policy/intel experience. He would have had a great cabinet, as well - even though a bit to my right, he would have been a sane and thoughtful president, the most liberal ever in many ways.

A Kerry/Clark ticket might have been optimal, and Dean is to me the perfect DNC head. If he had been DNC head instead of TM, we would be in a different situation today, I think. Right now Wes might be best staying out of campaigning, (as VP candidate) but as Sec of State he would shine. I hope the candidate this year wins, wins big with coattails, and has the wisdom to bring in really competent people, and Wes is in there somehow. We must repudiate authoritarian "conservatism" to the greatest degree possible, then repair oh so very much.

This election, short of Gore or Clark stepping in... well, I will support whoever wins the nom. I am in Texas, so it is always pretty clear who will be the nom by March. Gives me some distance, I guess.