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Originally Posted by Neo
Do you think Hillary is actually electable? I'm thinking women would vote for her just because she's a woman but who knows. On the republican side I see McCain, Guiliani, possibly Arnie in the unlikely event the constitution is changed. I don't think Cheney will run because he wasn't interested to begin with.
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Hillary is not electable. In order for a Democrat to win they need to carry at least two states in the south. Hillary will not do that, especially considering how right the south has become.
Here's what I think the biggest problem with the Demcratic party is:
They listen to the media. As this vote has shown the voice of the media is not the voice of the people, and in fact the media has often alienated some voters and inspired opposition.
They are so wrapped up in being "progressive" that they have lost their southern base (probably forever) and most patriotic deomocrats. Zell Miller is not alone in his belief that the democratic party no longer speaks for the culturally conservative democrat. This election showed that.
Now I don't agree that cultural issues are what a president should be elected on, in fact I hate cultural issues and think the majority of them are non issues, but they are very important to a lot of southerners and mid-westerners.
Until the democratic party can find another Bill Clinton, who could speak to these issues (or speak around them), the democrats may not get elected again anytime soon.