Reply #8: You trigger some thoughts... [View All]

[Jackpine Radical]

First, yeah, if Gore gets in, all bets are off. Jeez, every liberal I know seems to feel this way, on DU and among my personal acquaintances.

Second--assuming no Gore (an assumption I'm not yet willing to make, BTW), the best way to bring off your idea, after IA & NH, of course, is for most or all the other nominees to get together and endorse Edwards. This would only work if, indeed, most of them want to stop Hillary (for whatever reason, unelectability or anti-DLC or whatever), badly enough to end whatever chances they themselves have left and are willing to put themselves on the line to do it. There is always the chance that Hill will win anyway, or that lots of people will bolt the party because of what they see as an unfair tactic. It's a potential career ender for any candidate who does that, and a possible disaster for the party. However, I'm beginning to think that unless someone in this party is willing to take a few chances on pissing off the corporations, there's not much reason to stay on this ship of complicit fools.