toadfrog - Because the Democratic candidates presented are hardly ever what lefties want to vote for, but often do anyway for lack of a better choice. Even the candidates that get to the primaries are generally slick professional politicians, not necessarily the fodder for good leadership.

I don't think Davis was a bad governor -- I think he was a mediocre governor when we needed a great one. I have a hunch he might be a really bad person though. I always thought he was pretty slimey.

PDC - Yup. Am I the only one that noticed that ALL of the polls had Bustamonte and AS running neck and neck EXCEPT the AS campaign poll (of only 200 people), which predicited the outcome of the election EXACTLY?

What a *shocking* *coincidence*, hmmm?