yes, Rick, I'd like to hear that debate too! I like Leiberman. Frankly, I'm not sure he is not best of the bunch. I do think (and understandbly so) he has softened his stance somewhat since getting the nomination. He can't be a successful VP candidate and oppose the nominated President's views, can he?

I'm trying not to let my bias get in the way, but I really was not impressed by any of the speeches tonight though. I think the Democrats (not the common folks but the handlers) are trying so hard to show that this ticket is different from Clinton that they are doing overkill. The common folks (Democrats) still love Clinton in spite of anything. Were he able to run, he would get the nomination again in a split second.

It is puzzeling to me though to see Senator Bob Kerry, an excellent U.S. Senator, (Democrat) trying to distance the party from it's traditional liberal stance.

The only (in my opinion) difference between Democrats and Republicans in the U. S. is that the majority of Democrats are liberal and the majority of Republicans are conservative. I'm not inferring that either party is controlled by extremists on the left or right, but that always seemed to me to be the major difference betweent he two parties. Liberal VS Conservative.

DougR