Maybe W can become the head of the GOP when our regime change takes place in January. Or maybe he'll just fade into the sunset like his Daddy.

The "regular Dems" -- power brokers, fundraisers -- are the ones (along with the media) who most wanted to derail Dean's candidacy.

I'll be voting for Kucinich in the NY primary -- just my way of stuffing my vote up Terry McAuliffe's undemocratic ass.

National primaries in 2008.

Even buying your premise that the current process is somehow undemocratic, it's hard to see how a national primary would help.

That would force all candidates to purse a national campaign from the get-go for months on end, a hugely expensive proposition that few could afford.

Who would be able to do it? Only the already-prominent, with huge war chests and the connections to big-time power brokers.

Forget about an unknown like Howard Dean or Dennis Kucinich or Jimmy Carter being able even to attempt it.

And don't forget, too, that in a national campaign, the candidates would be seen only in Cali, NY, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Smaller states would be completely ignored.

Say what you will about the anomaly of tiny states like IA and NH setting the trend in our nominating process -- it's probably the one time anyone in Washington pays serious attention to the issues that matter to folks in tiny out of the way places.

A national primary is among the most profoundly undemocratic ideas out there.

Face it Bill -- Kucinich just flat out doesn't appeal to most people.

Down comes the bumper sticker - thanks for sending it to me some months ago mdphl.

Just watched the good doctor deliver the obit for his '04 Presidential run. All the cable news outlets cut him off in favor of going to their talking heads - had to go over to CSPAN to see it all. Since the scream heard round the dial and even in '04 Presidential political death, he can't seem to get any respect from these guys.

Political Historians will ponder when the end of the love fest began - for me it was his comments late in '03 and early '04 regarding "permission" from the UN for American foreign policy initiatives. I still supported him after that, but the love was gone.

I hope we've not heard the last of Dr. Dean, and that he becomes more than a political footnote of a screaming psycho tiki doll.

Yep- Why should the Iowa & New Hampshire voters get more say than the rest of us voters in other states? And they do because by the time the Ohio primary is here in 2 weeks there will be very few candidates left.

Oh, taking the big money out -- and i mean completely out -- of campaign funding is an even bigger priority. And who has the clearest plan in the current field to do that? Kucinich.


Yeah, because he's funny-looking and talks about real change. How I love contemporary voters, who choose who the media tells them to.

[ February 18, 2004, 02:01 PM: Message edited by: Bill W ]