Interesting way of looking at it, Scott, and I can't really find fault with it. Especially because it matches my own list (at the moment): Obama, McCain, Clinton.

We need to keep in mind that it's still the primary season, though. Things will undoubtedly look different when the general election campaigns begin. Primaries are about two sides preaching to their own choir, and bringing up the opposition only by lobbing shells over a distant horizon. In the general, they'll argue with each other directly, and that's when the choice will become clearer.

My feelings about the 2008 election are diametrically the opposite of Atilla's: I'm a happy camper looking at all the pretty good choices we have this year.