Thomas, can you imagine any Democrat working with a Republican
congress?

As I recall, every primary has it's candidates attacking each
other which becomes irrelevant once a front-runner emerges.

Much of the characterization of the candidates comes from a press
that is increasingly less about substantial news and more about
editorializing, sometimes subtly and other times blatantly.

Part of it is the problem with supply and demand. By in large,
Americans like to characterize candidates as heroic or flawed
and this seems to be more important than the issues.

I don't believe anyone here, myself included, really knows the
inner-workings of any of the candidates minds and what they
will really do if and when one gets in. It's a pig-in-a-poke.

The evidence is that what almost every candidate said in the past
to get elected was contradicted by their actions when they got
into office. Some of this was due to a changing environment and
some cynically saying what they thought the constituency wanted
to hear.

You almost have to run on blind faith these days.

I don't think it matters who becomes the Dem front-runner. I'll vote for 'em to dump Bush and that's the major reason.

Hope a lot of Democrats feel the same way.

Frank