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Guys, of course Hillary is electable. She's straight out of center-leftish central casting. In this country we tend not to nominate people who are not electable. Things tend to look very different when the field gets narrowed and the choices are sharper. People who tend Democratic and don't like whoever the Repubs put up will vote for her even if she would not have been their hypothetical first choice.
The big mistake the Democratic party made in 2004 was trying to "game" the electability issue. Kerry was dead in the water until Iowa, when people decided he had insurance against attacks from the right because he was a war hero. Big mistake. Kerry was an exceptionally unattractive candidate, thin-skinned, sanctimonious, and with all the charisma of a tree stump. I maintained back then that Edwards would have been a much more attractive candidate , and I still believe I was right.
People should vote for who they think will make the best President, not try to figure out who is "electable." We have "big tent" parties in this country so anyone who can convince one of the major parties that s/he should be nominated is more than likely electable. That doesn't mean s/he WILL win, but it does mean s/he will have a fair shot.
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