Oh yes, Amos. I'll run right out and watch your boy on The View, that intellectual lion of critical thinking and debate on public policy.

And while I'm at it, I'll pick up the latest copy of People magazine to read all about how Obama is related to Brad Pitt and Clinton to Angelina Jolie.

Because that tells me so much about their policy positions, their vision for the future of our nation.

This is the American Idol presidential sweepstakes, pure and simple.

But after 8 years of Bush/Cheney, no one feels like laughing at the laughingstock the US has become. Not anymore. Now, we are just depressed. Depressed, Amos. Not hopeful, shiny new and bright. Depressed.