I dont know Sear. I think the internet is now a genuine place to get a real feel for who is popular and who is not. If your a C-Span watcher you know that his name comes up every single day by several callers. He is now a household name where once very few knew of him.

I think your selling him short but then, Im an optimistic pesssimist at heart.

Im a hard core Dem. I like Ron Paul. I would love for him to be president. Yeah, its a long shot but is a very real one. People are sick of the Dems and even sicker of the reps. That leaves Ron Paul. I wish he would run as an Inde is all.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"