Reply #10: If the issues are the war, foreign affairs and terror - picking a Governor [View All]

would be stupid. Kerry nearly won against a sitting President in a time of war in spite of most of the non-print media being extremely biased against him. This happened ONLY because of that first debate on foreign policy where he demonstrated amazing competence on all issues - even with no electronic help like his opponent had.

The most likely Republican nominees have foreign policy or military experience - that same type of debate would kill even a governor who learns quickly. Imagine McCain vs Warner or Vilsack - or even Allen (who appears one of the dumbest on the SFRC) vs the governors. It is a big disadvantage.

Hillary, as Bill's wife and as a Senator likely has a good background. Clark has a good backgound. Kerry showed himself to be informed on issues throughout the world and has articulated a view of how we can deal with non-state terrorism without sacrificing everything important to us. He wrote a book on this issue in 1996 - when no one else even thought of the issue much less spoke of it.