Could

Joe Klein make sense for once in his life?

The problem with having Gore or Edwards or both on the ticket is that this would still alienate the Clinton/Obama factions, but it may get to the point where the party has no choice at all but to nominate somebody else.

Of course, I would ask the party hacks as to WHY IN THE WORLD they thought they could run the wife of a former president who is term limited and an inexperienced black pol given the risks involved in it. Did they honestly think that because of the 2006 elections, they had the 2008 presidential election so in the bag they could afford to run a pair of risky candidates? Did they really believe the GOP was hopelessly divided? Guess what? The GOP lined up behind McCain in VERY short order after he got the nomination. The GOP may be ruthless, it may be divided, but the party members aren't stupid.

We're screwed if either becomes the nominee, as much as I like and admire Hillary Clinton, but Clinton has been so damaged by the filthy campaign Obama has run, she just can't overcome it to beat McCain if she were to go up against him. At least it would be close, though, unlike Obama, who is so absurd as a candidate.

I don't think Gore has the stomach to go through another presidential campaign. The fraud of 2000 was just too much of a heartbreak. I think he's glad to be out of it.

Pick Edwards and Biden for the national ticket, and then the talk of a unity ticket might actually make sense.