Lysander on Hart

Hart's speech impressed me, and I expect I'll hand him my vote in the D.C. primary next year. (Which, if it is held in January, seems to be shaping up as a Sharpton vs. Moseley Braun affair. Ecch.) But the speech confirmed my view that Hart is the best qualified and the least likely future president. There have been candidates unserved by soundbite coverage, but Hart's entire monologue -- 45 minutes, mind you -- was just a survey of his platform. And it takes that long to understand what is essentially a Grand Unified Theory of geopolitics and the American polity today. So while there is an important and original message there, it will be very hard for the public, however interested, to hear it

While Lysander certainly has a point - it takes some work to realize the breadth of Senator Hart's vision - I don't think this makes him the 'least likely'. It just means there's got to be some work put into boiling his ideas down to those points that might resonate with the latent patriot in the undecided and/or non-voting electorate.