Both would make strong candidates…
IF they had a term or two in the senate under their belts (though Ford's had plenty of time in the House... so would be well placed with less time in the senate, if he got there, than Obama)...
…however Obama is a great speaker and while a pretty mainstream democrat ideologically, is an expert at couching his language and framing his arguments in a way that appeals to moderate, middle of the road voters... geographically he'd need a southern or western running mate, probably a moderate governor (Ritter? Richardson?). Ford is a less gifted orator, however he would have a strong base geographically and poetically and would probably have more freedom in who his running mate was.
Overall they’d both make excellent candidates, I’d probably prefer Ford on balance but Obama would also be excellent (with the right campaign and the right running mate)… however it does rather depend on if Ford can get elected in Tennessee (still very much “up in the air”).
Though at present I could see Obama running for president at some stage in the medium term and he
could be a very strong candidate… though I wouldn’t put it past the DNC to foul it up.
Whys Ford so good? He has no idea what its like for real people, he went to an elite private school in Washington DC where he grew up and he comes from a family which is both corrupt and dont hold other jobs but elected office.
Wow... sounds like a Kerry, Bush, Kennedy or a Daley to me (lol), not that any of them are any worse than most other politcos in the country... disliking Ford for being a conservative democrat is one thing, but its hard to smear him as corrupt...
