I find it amusing that all this hub-bub could come down to 20 or so thousand people who couldn't figure out a ballot.

In 1976 we had a close election between two average candidates, Ford and Carter. The country floundered for four years under the Democrats and then elected the opposition candidate(Reagan) for eight years.

In 1988 we had a close election between two blah candidates, Bush and Dukakis. The country floundered for four years under the Republicans and then elected the oppoeition candidate (Clinton) for eight years.

Let Bush and the Republicans have the next four years. The economy is due for a downturn, the Congress is pretty well split up, and Bush is not the type of highly-skilled, energetic, visionary leader who can force things through. He will spend two years trying to gather his strength in the face of a declining economy. The Republicans will lose the House and Senate in two years and begin to move to the right to regain their dubious "mandate". Bush will spend the last two years of his term fighting off opposition from within his party and running for re-election. Nader will force the Democrats to move left, but a strong Centrist candidate will emerge to take the White House in 2004 & 2008. Let's just hope that he (or she???) will not be an alley cat, like good old Bill, or on the road to Altzheimers, like good old Ron.

And it's back to business as usual, here in America.

Love to 'Catters on all points of the political spectrum
Bart