Reply #42: Kerry has gravitas. He is presidential. He is Linconesque. [View All]

[Merlin]

He's obviously intelligent, sometimes almost eloquent, decidedly astute politically, unwilling to roll over when assaulted, and comes across as a Presidential type.

Dean has many great qualities, but does not have Presidential bearing--yet. (But I'll bet you he'll run again in '08 or '12 and he will have by then matured). Clark has too many gotchas for liberals and loyal dems to accept (military background, recent Republican support, praises of Bush, quasi-support for the war, lack of civilian experience, uncertainty about his bedrock views) and also appears a bit tired and not quite up to the job. Edwards comes across as just way too youthful and shallow. He's handsome and dapper and well spoken. But he's not seen as particularly distinguished in the gravitas department.

So we're left with Kerry. Unless he "implodes over an intern issue" as Clark reportedly predicted, he's gonna be our guy. And he's gonna beat Bush.