Kerry's biggest mistake?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by dropCGCF

The dems' only hope lies in Edwards. He could swing some southern states. I said he should have been the main man from the beginning, Cali and NY would have elected a Dem sock monkey.

I have to disagree. Edwards gave Kerry NOTHING in the south and I have a feeling he may lose the next congressional election.

Edwards beliefs fly in the face of a lot of culturally conservative values, especially his support of partial birth abortion. That alone could kill his campaign.

The democrats need to come back to the middle because the left shift that happened in their party after the 2000 election has alientated a lot of their former base. Right now I don't see a moderate candidate that could step up, but then again a lot can change in 4 years.

Here are few things I think they would need:

1) A southerner or southern mid-westerner
2) A good military voting record
3) moderate cultural values (they don't have to be conservative)
4) A governor (senator's voting records tend to bite them in the ass)

On a side note, I'm impressed with Kerry's concession speech.