Last Word on Electability

I'm going to try as hard as I can to resist the temptation to write further about the electability question but what Jon Chait said. I'd only add that the McCain/Romney gap seems much bigger than the Obama/Clinton gap to me; the generally unfavorable political climate for Republicans makes the specific choice of nominee unusually important.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/last-word-on-electability/48078/