I think the ideal candidates would be either W. Clark or Edwards.
Wow. I hate to break it to you, but Edwards would probably be the worst person we could possibly pick. The man can't pick up votes for crap, he lazed around too much in '04, he got almost 0 media coverage, before '04, almost noone had heard of him, and his wife is battling breast cancer and he should be home with her. I think that a good choice for president (and, unlike most of favorite candidates, a realistic one) would be Gov. Mark Warner. His ratings are high in a republican state, plus look at our record with southern democrats. It's pretty good.