Kissenger resigns from the head of the 9/11 commission. Is the enemy we know better than the one we don't? He's being replaced by Tom Kean... not sure what to think. I haven't read any nasty info about him, so I guess that means all his skeletons are securely stowed in the closet. ;)

Gore declines running for President in 2004

An interesting move. I think Gore is a pretty intelligent guy, and I think the reasons he states for not running are more or less the actual reasons. The other aspect is, other people would have a better chance of beating Bush, which is really a shame, because I'm starting to warm up to Gore in some ways. While the talk mainly seems to be of Daschle, Kerry, Gephardt or Lieberman, I think the Dems have some interesting depth in their ranks. Vermont governer Howard Dean might have what it takes. There's also the intriguing possibility of the Democrats fronting a woman for the role. Who knows, my gut reaction would be to say the Americans are about as likely to elect a woman as they would be to elect the jewish Lieberman. It would be interesting to see if a female, jewish, or visibile minority candidate would be able to excite the electorate enough to get out an extra few hundred voters, to put them over the top. ;) Who knows, maybe the voters will surprise me?

Basically, in my mind, it's a race for the Democrats to lose. (Kinda like last time) They're competing against the idiot prince (idiotic through the actions of his gov't, not necessarily himself) who has stomped on civil liberties, shit on them, then stomped on them again, NOT CAUGHT BIN LADEN, 'lead' the economy into a spiral, given a HUGE tax cut to his rich buddies, and is now thinking of a tax hike for the poor and middle class. If THIS can't bring out the apathetic democrat voter, you wonder what would.

Not that I'm saying it'll be an easy battle. Bush jr. will probably have learned from daddy's mistake, and may ensure that "War in Iraq 2: this one's for Pappy" will be in full swing leading into the elections. The republicans will be talking their brand of Newspeak, making up down, and right, left. It's up to the Democrats to do something about it. I'm horribly disappointed in the way they just rolled over and played dead, both in the election in 2000 and 2002, and also in the events since September 2001.

Time to wait and see....
posted by Greg at 7:23 AM