All of this discussion is interesting and enlightening, and well worth doing, but to a large degree, it's fairly academic until after the national party conventions. Then, the choices will be limited.

Assuming that you are not going to be so foolish as to vote for a third party–unless there is an obvious nationwide groundswell for that third party and it has a real chance of winning, instead of pulling maybe 3% of the vote–or that you are going to just throw up your hands and say "I'm disgusted! I'm just not going to vote!" in which case . . . (I'm not going to finish this part of the sentence):

If, after the conventions, you are presented with the choice of Hillary Clinton versus, say, Mike Huckabee or Fred Thompson, who would you vote for?

Worth giving some thought, because that may very well be your choice.

Don Firth

P. S. Don't get the idea that this is my preference and then jump on me for it. As I have said on numerous occasions, my choice is Kucinich, and I will certainly be arguing for him in my precinct caucus. But at this point, it looks like he doesn't have a snowball's chance, so I suggest that those with strong feelings for a particular candidate, especially one who is not doing very well at this point, give some thought to Plan B.