Webb 3.0

Ezra Klein leaps into the great Jim Webb discussion to make the important point that we’ve little idea what a Webb presidency would actually be like. True enough and that’s another useful caveat. It’s also the case that Obama’s Veep may end up being a candidate for the Presidency themselves, either in 2012 or 2016. Do Democrats want to see Webb in that position? Can they envisage such an outcome?

Ezra also observes that Webb has only, officially, been a Democrat for half an hour. That’s a matter of some concern to some Democrats. But for those of us who ain’t much concerned with the health of the party, that’s a good thing. I doubt that this election is going to be won by the side which can turn-out a greater proportion of its core vote (certainly McCain can’t win using Rove’s 2004 strategy); rather it’s a battle for the centre-ground.