"Have any of you thought for a moment that she might just win?"

Darned right I've thought of it, Jim Lad. Oh, yes! And I keep thinking of it, and it really worries me every time I do. ;-)

I will not count Hillary out until the day of the inauguration in 2009, and I am quite serious about that!

Why do I say that? Because the Clinton machine is one hell of a tough machine that believes it OWNS the Democratic Party's next term in the White House, and Hillary is one hell of a determined woman.

"Wouldn't you like to have this lady in your corner when the odds are against you?"

No......but I know what your point is. She's tough. Damn right she's tough! So was Margaret Thatcher. So is Condoleeza Rice. I don't, however, want any of them in my corner, because I trust neither their philosophies nor their hidden agendas. I'd rather have Dennis Kucinich or his wife in my corner. (no "nudge and wink" joke intended about his wife, by the way)