Re Frank Hamilton's entry above, I have just e-mailed the following message to Gore headquarters:

Dear Sir / Ma'am,

As a concerned progressive, I'd like to ask you to please encourage Mr. Al Gore to drop out of the presidential race. I fear that he may draw away soft support from Ralph Nader of the Green Party, the only candidate consistently articulating pro-worker, pro-environmental, anti-militarist positions.

Thanks for your attention to this matter. We cannot afford to miss an opportuntity to create a real alternative to the failed Reagan-Bush-Clinton era policies.

(Boy, this election is becoming as exciting as a 64-verse border ballad.)