The majority of the people who voted in this past election voted for Republicans. But, the majority of people eligible to vote didn't vote for anyone.

The Democrats need to quit aping the Republican agenda - trying to pry a handful of votes away from the Republican side. They will never win by trying to out-Republican the Republicans. They need to adopt an agenda that would give the folks who aren't voting a good reason to go to the polls and vote for Democratic candidates. If voting was required in this country, like it is in some countries, the Democrats would probably win every election hands-down.

Face it, the only two issues where the Republicans and Democrats are uniformly at odds are abortion and gun control. In the overall scheme of things, neither of these issues really means diddley-squat. If people want abortions and guns they're going to get them regardless of what the law says.

If the Democrats would just come out for the de-criminalization of marijuana I personally know at least a hundred people who have never voted in their lives that would be beating down the courthouse doors to go register. The Dems are just too blind to see that while such an issue might lose them the votes of a few current voters it would attract millions of new voters to their side.

The Democratic Party of 2002 is wearing blinders that keep it from seeing anything left of the center.

Bruce

PS: To leprechaun and any others who are offended by Bush-bashing.

For me, it has nothing to do with the fact that he's President of the U.S. I still respect the office of the President. I was not a great fan of Mr. Clinton but just hearing Mr. Bush's voice on the radio makes me see red. I simply cannot stand the man. I wouldn't like him if he were the school janitor, much less the President. I know that the polls say he is immensely popular, but being popular doesn't necessarily make one right. Hitler and Mussolini were immensely popular in their times too.