Ya know Kendall (and Doug...'cause I like talkin' politics with you) I'm not really sure why all the vitriol. There are obvious things like...she ain't a New Yorker, she may have used inside influence to score on the stock exchange, and she justs radiates total ambition. But Lazio is also someone who looks like he'll do anything to get to the top as well. He appears to be VERY well connected.

I think it boils down to her NEVER showing vulnerability. Her hubby really did make her look like a jerk, and whatever arrangement the two of them had (Surely they MUST have..) I'm sure it didn't involve public humiliation. The fact that she soldiered on publicly, attacking the Repubs. and never once implied that perhaps Bill had done wrong, just got up people's noses.

Politics these days is STRICTLY and TOTALLY SHOWBIZ. Remember, the polls fluctuated wildly after each candidate's appearance on Oprah. Am I being too cynical to suggest that whoever gets that last prime time TV shot, may gain the extra 2 percent needed to become President?

I truly think (at least I THINK I think) that had Hillary gone on Oprah during the Monica/Gennifer/Paula/ etc. period and had a good old fashioned cry on national TV ("REAL TV" in the extreme) her popularity would have soared.....and less of her signs would be being defaced in New York State.

As to what the result will be for New Yorkers, no matter which one wins? Simple. Same as always. Downstate NY will get the bucks and the prosperity, and the Buffalo area (near us in Toronto) will continue to crumble and die.

Rick