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...Newsweek has a piece about John Edwards. Is he in it to win it? Or is he just proving himself as the southern running mate? This is looking like it's all but a formality now. Maybe, maybe not. The Republicans are already taking aim at Kerry. Speaking out against the Vietnam war and gay marriage are the Kerry topics du jour. He is still going to take it bad over his voting record. But will this matter at all if the economy tanks even more by November? The Bushies can scream terrorism and homeland security, but will it really be able to distract the public from the real problems? OPEC cut oil production targets so we're looking at a long summer of high oil prices. I can't believe this will be good at all for the President. All the Democrats have to do is draw attention to domestic problems. I predict that this will be an election cycle like no other. GOP strategists have pointed out that GWB shares similar poll numbers with Reagan and Clinton during their re-election bids. This is all fine and dandy, but times are so tragically different. Reagan would raise taxes when the deficit went up and Clinton presided over the longest period of growth in the history of the United States. Bush can't raise taxes and obviously is presiding over one of the worst economic periods of all time. We've lost over 2 million jobs since he took office. How much more of this can the Bushies spin into something positive? They have all drank the Kool-Aid. One last thought. Move the focus away from Bush's military record. It's a long time until the election and the American public will move on by then. Slow and steady wins the race.

I can't believe that this isn't getting more attention in the mainstream media. Then again, anything Bush related has been largely taboo since 9/11. But now the Democratic primaries have begun, more questions are surfacing. The biggest one is GWB's military record. Personally I don't think that this is worth pursuing. They would rather talk about this issue then focus on the real problems. The economy is slowly sinking into the ocean and jobs are moving overseas. Is big business really calling the shots? I don't know, but I can say that Justice Scalia shouldn't be chumming around with Vice President Dick Cheney. You can read about Scalia's rebuttal here. I think that the public has a right to know just these meetings were all about. Don't you?

With no reason to stay in, General Wesley Clark dropped out of the race to become President. After two disappointing third-place finishes he bowed out. Will Dean really stay in if he loses Wisconsin? Can Kerry still lose it all? Can Edwards beat the odds and come out on top? My bet is still on Kerry, but we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. I can't wait for Super Tuesday.

Bill O'Reilly went on Good Morning America today to talk about how he was wrong about the build up to the invasion of Iraq. You can read about it here. I find this very humorous. My first thought was exactly what Al Franken did after he heard about this. I give O'Reilly credit. He said he'd go on national television and apologize if it turned out things weren't what they seemed. Thanks Bill!

...I watched our President on Meet the Press this morning. For the first time in my life I actually craved for a commercial break while watching tv. My head started to swim with terms like "War on Terror" and "Shadowy Networks." The President seemed a little on edge, perhaps because he saw his poll numbers drop just a little bit more during the weekend.

Regardless of how the Democratic primaries turn out, it will be an interesting six or so months between then and the general elections. Personally, I hope that whoever runs on the Demo ticket in November really brings out the "sit at home and don't vote" pundits. If the early primaries are any indicator, a lot more people are turning out to make their voices heard. Mostly because of their extreme hatred of Bush.

When Clinton was President, I never could really understand the conservative hatred for him. All of the taxpayer-funded investigations into his business and personal life only turned up a marital indiscretion. Is that really all they could come up with? For eight years, Republicans did anything they could bring down Clinton's administration and tarnish his legacy. In the end, he was responsible for the legacy that we have today. The funny thing is that Clinton is smarter then that. He should have know how this would have all turned out.

Bush on the other hand is not smart. He says things like "War on Terror" and people put their blinders on and just follow. We need some accountability again. At least during Clinton's years, the rest of the world listened to what we had to say. Only time will tell.

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