Would it have made more sense for the Democrats to nominate Hillary in 2008?

[Mister Mets]

Hillary would almost certainly have won in 2008. She'd have done a bit better with certain groups (voters who went for Kerry in his two point loss by higher margins than Obama in his seven point win.)

The trends that hurt Democrats in the South were going to happen no matter what, and there's certainly an argumen tthat Obama was better able to take advantage of the demographic trends that helped the party.