A "resurgence" for the out-of-favor Republican Party? Unless they can broaden their appeal, their outreach, their philosophy and their extremely narrow worldview, in a word, "no".

They continue to (a) blame the moderates within their own party for losing the White House, House and Senate, (b) prate that the only way to better days is to become even more conservative and (c) be the party of angry, white, male-centric, anti-abortion, pro-gun, anti-gay, anti-diversity and anti-science thugs.

As a Democrat, I look forward to a Republican party that continues to beat down and belittle those who do not share their skin color, far-right religion and xenophobic outlook; it shows their collective ignorance and arrogance that will ensure their downward spiral in the eyes of the American voter and the world at large.

Back to your grill, burger boy; those Big Macs aren't going to turn themselves.

Caroline Kennedy would make a great US Senator from New York. She is intelligent, articulate, well-educated and carries some damned fine political genes. Andrew Cuomo is also a worthy successor to Hillary Clinton and is a scion of that family. Carolyn Maloney has a strong case for being picked, as well; she has earned high marks for the work she has done.

I would choose Caroline Kennedy, though, based on several factors, including her ancestry. No doubt, seeing JFK and Jackie's daughter in the US Senate would complete a picture many of us wanted to see occur with John-John. Caroline is a fine woman in her own right and would be an excellent choice.

However, dissing her simply because of her lineage or whining about "dynasty and entitlement", as if that were insufficient to succeed, is simply wrong. She is asking for the job until the special election in 2010; at that point, she can be elected by her constituents for a six-year term based on performance.

I say give her the chance to represent New York state...

Thanks for adding something so unfunny, so insipid and so lacking of any redeeming comic quality that a speech by Dubya seems profound by comparison.

Your parents gave you life and looked out for you until you attained your majority. They deserve thanks for that. However.

You are an adult and are responsible for yourself now. You know who and what you are and need offer no apology to anybody for that.

As for your parents, they seem to be all about themselves, their feelings and their "face" rather than about your needs and you as a person. Thats pretty selfish of them, imho.

They have a choice: love you for the person you are instead of trying to re-package you as the person they want you to be or continue to admonish you for simply being true to yourself.

Its their loss if they opt for the latter over the former.

Two ignorant teens, children of law-breaking parents and weird ones, as well, have continued the polluted bloodline of both their families. The world weeps.

As a baby present for l'il Tripper, I'd like to pay for a large box of condoms for his Mom and Dad and a round of vascectomies and/or tubal ligations for the entire Palin/Johnston nest of rednecks.

It's the least I can do to help save the future from such ignoramusses or ignorami, as the case may be.

My, what gnarled little digits you have to write such drivel...and, in such abundance! Dear girl, please try to get professional help in '09 for your nasty attitude, your alleged creative writing and your poor spleen that vents far too often on SALON.

Or, as a better alternative, you can go and join that band of white trash Wasilla Hillbillies known collectively as the Palin-Johnston family of inbred losers.

Now, shoo...before I pour salt on you and you disappear with the other witches.

While I vote for the candidate based on his or her abilities and not on his or her race, I find it offensive for Rep. Burns to suggest...no, insist...that the "best reason" to seat Mr. Burris is to restore any racial imbalance that exists in the U.S. Senate. I seem to recall Dr. King's admonition to "judge people on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin."

Of course, with all-white colleges needing immediate integration but traditionally-black colleges encouraged to remain that way, with black people calling themselves African-Americans but whites being just Americans, with a Congressional Black Caucus being in existence but a Congressional White Caucus being totally racist, with an NAACP being uplifting but a NAAWP completely racist...and, the list goes on and on...at SOME point, all the hypocrisy by blacks about a color-blind society must end!

I, for one, am extremely tired of the eternal double-speak...

Reading your wildly careening posting is a mental exercise of epic proportions; you bounce from one non-sequitur to another making no sense in between. Plus, your particularly virulent anti-Americanism betrays you as secretly wishing to be one.

No, poor maureenodonnell, you have "issues" and need far more than a simple "get help" from me. I do pity you, though, and hope your fantasy world supports you while the real one thinks you are a blithering idiot and crumbles all around you.

In the meantime...shoo! Peace, out...