Well, Guest---why do I respond to Guests---some elections seem more important than others. I suppose it has to do with many things---Economy, Foreign Affairs, Morality of the nation, Values, and such.

Reagan/ Carter might have been about policy, JFK/Nixon may well have been about charisma, Stevenson/Eisenhower may have been about the future and how it was presented.

This election seems to me to be about Darkness and Light---shall we put it into simple movie terms? Darth Vader aka GWB vs the Jedi (Kerry--have I got that right about Jedi?) Hence why--in my lifetime---this is the most serious of all elections.

A know nothing vs a man of integrity and substance. A "cowboy" vs an intellect. A protector of family interests and corroborating "mah daddy" vs a man of the world.

Bill Hahn