Welcome To (The) O vs. C
By Chuck Todd, NationalJournal.com
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007
"...But while most of the hard evidence suggests Democrats will know their presumptive nominee at the same time the Republicans secure theirs, there is a more plausible scenario for Democrats that will look a lot like it did for the party in '84. Remember, in '84, former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart and former Vice President Walter Mondale battled into June. But if Hart had had the resources early enough in the process to make the primary a fairer fight, he probably would have won.
In Clinton and Obama, the Democrats have two potentially larger-than-life figures -- something the Democrats haven't had arguably since '68 (then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey and then-New York Sen. Robert Kennedy) or '80 (then-President Jimmy Carter and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy).
Having two front-runners this early who are already heavyweights suggests that the road to the convention in Denver could be a long one..."
