Well, Fantz, with Clinton's negatives she certainly wasn't going to beat McCain..

It remains to be seen if Obama can beat back the Willie Horton Swifties that McCain's 527s will crank up but I, for one, wouldn't be all that disappointed if Obama looses as long as he sticks to cmapaign style and pushes forth a somewhat "progressive" agenda...

It took Barry Goldwater to get the "conservative" agenda rolling and it has rooled very well since then... Maybe an Obama lose can do that, I donno... But he does at least give a lot of folks the kinda hope they felt in the winter of '68...

Ya' got to start somewhere... Yeah, you can blast me for not going with Nader again and that's okay... There are alot of us ol' radical who have supported Nader going back along way who have also found themselves supporting Obama...

I was talking with 2 such folks yesterday at a plant sale outside of Winchester... One said he had attended a Clinton ralley in Sheppardstown, WV, which is a rather "progressive" town and there were lots of 60's style old "hippies" (his words) there with Obama tee-shirts....

Like I said, right now the only game in town in "framing" progressive issues and visions is Obama... Or at least the only one who has the microphone...

B~