How many of these threads are we gonna' run anyway? Is there anyone who has changed their mind on anything? Do we all know where we all stand? The whole map thing is non-sensical to begin with......Is this new info that cities tend to go Dem and rural tends to be Rep.? We have many states with populations less than a lot of cities.

I frankly don't care as much about what happens in the next two months as I do about what happens in the next two years. Is the American electorate ready to pressure their representatives to change a lot of these aging and ancient laws and get on with living in this century and not the 20th.....or even perhaps the 19th? States rights is all well and good, but when any state's procedures and laws get in the way of the country as a whole, its time we stepped in and made a few changes. We can debate the changes, but this thing has become ridiculous.

The Constitution was written over two centuries ago and is a brilliant piece of work, but discussing what the framers had in mind is just ludicrous. Did they have the computer in mind? Were they expecting space stations? A lot of them weren't expecting women to vote for gawdsakes. The concept of a Federal Republic can and perhaps should be upheld, but its long past time to view it through 18th century eyes. Let's get on with making the changes necessary to assure that the will of the majority is carried out in today's world.

Whichever man attains the office this time, he will be in the position of having to act in a centrist fashion and the best thing he could do to gain credibility among the people would be to aggressively pursue both Campaign Finance Reform and Election Reform. Getting significant changes in those areas would give him a better chance at a second term than anything else.

Spaw