I have no fear of any of the major Democratic candidates, but I am highly partisan
My preference would be for a Dodd/Richardson ticket, but I believe Obama is the best candidate in either party of being the type of conciliator that could begin to bridge the growing divide betwen left and right or red amd blue.
Hilary has been vilified by the right for 15 years to the point where her reputation cannot be salvaged, although she is probably one of the best and brightest policy wonks among all the candidates.
Religious candidates scare me, particularly Huckabee with his background in the baptist ministry. (I am not against Baptist, but I dont want policy decisions made on a fundamentalist or strict interpretation of those or any religous beliefs and/or the Bible)
Most here know that I dont like extremist on either end (Paul/Kucinich) or believe the country is ready and willing to support such candidates.
What scares me most is not the WHO...its the HOW MUCH. To date, the presidential candidates have raised and are expected to spend over $400 million combined in the primaries alone.
The nominees are likely to raise and spend $500 million each before the election in November...our first BILLION DOLLAR election.
That is obscene and needs to be addressed.