Real Clear Politics not only blogs the day's dozen or so best opinion pieces on their homepage, they also do their own commentaries elsewhere on their site. Here, some choice RCP insights on Howard Dean, John Kerry, and - oh yes - John Edwards.

Despite Kerry's big victories last night and the widespread support he's winning from all types of Democrat voters, I can't help but feel we're witnessing more of a shotgun wedding than a love-at-first-sight, happily-ever-after type of commitment. After all, just six weeks ago 80 to 90 percent of Democrats wanted nothing to do with John Kerry whatsoever. Now they're rushing forward to sing his praises.

Part of this is the general ebb and flow of a presidential primary, of course. But there's more to it than that. If Dean was the bad boy who showed up for his date in a Trans Am convertible, gave the Dems a short, fast ride and then broke their hearts, Kerry is the budding insurance salesman who pulled up in a 1998 Volvo station wagon. He's the perfect rebound guy: solid, reliable, predictable to the point of being boring.

Maybe it will be enough. But, at least for the moment, it leaves a trace of doubt about the depth and commitment of Kerry's support and the chance - albeit quite small - for John Edwards to do his best impression of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate and make things interesting.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at February 5, 2004 11:17 PM

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