4.) . A consensus was developing within the party that we needed a "hero" to counter the militarism of Bush and the Republicans and the voters in Iowa decided on Kerry and the Democrats across the nation followed.
He also had that reunion with Rassman (guy he saved in Vietnam) a few days before the caucus. It's still amazing to me that Kerry won because he was the, according to the voters, toughest and most electable candidate.
Hillary is no lock at this point. She runs the risk of losing her liberal base to Feingold, while having a lot of centrists that she's pandering to end up supporting someone else.
On a similar note, what do you call someone who's not a liberal or a moderate? Mainstream?
