Fact of the matter is, there's still a solid 30% core population following of George Bush that will support him regardless of his extraordinary failures, and will simply accuse his distractors of appeasement. At least the terrorists are preoccupied in Iraq and not here, so to speak. Plus, isn't impeachment intended for criminal offense, not simply utter incompetence. I think there may also be reservations on the ability to prove Bush invaded Iraq for ulterior motives other than its "neutralization", no matter how misguided and impetuous. After all, even Bill Clinton was quoted as saying he thought Iraq "probably" did have WMD's.

No, there's little chance of impeachment. Kamiya, however, is dead on in his expectation that the Dem's will let Bush bleed a slow agonizing demise, taking the Republican party down with him. They won't want to stand accused of beating up the sad-faced dummy that will plead that he meant well.

President Bush must love this place!

I've been a Democrat since voting for McGovern in '72, and I'm totally dissatisfied with the current field. Biden's the only one that I'd feel comfortable voting for and he probably doesn't stand a chance in the primaries. Al Gore is a statesman, an intellectual and a visionary. Technically, he's already won the presidency once, and to my knowledge is leading all contenders in the polls even as a non-candidate. He has enormous name recognition and is well respected world-wide. The day he announces, he's as good as elected.

From a male perspective, the closest situation I once experienced that required mind over matter involved my absolutely, positively best friend's sister. I was, coincidentally, 35 at the time, recently divorced, horny and living alone. She was passing through town, called, and asked if she could spend the weekend at my place. I said sure, with strictly honorable intentions for an old family friend. She did her thing and I did mine the first day and night. We became much more playfully flirtatious the second day. That night she crawled into my bed naked. It is extremely difficult to say no in such a situation. When she said, "this is about my brother, isn't it!" I answered that it was exactly because of her brother, her family, and my desire to remain her friend forever. To make a long story short, that remains one of the admirable events of my life! Many receptions, funerals, sporting events, graduations, etc. later I still thank God I had the good sense to control myself, not take advantage of her, take the high ground, and can now, 25 years later, have a great time with her and her family without a nasty little secret to hide. I feel comfortable with her and her husband and my wife and our kids and everything is great. Lesson learned? You always have to think long term! Don't screw things up for a fantasy!

I went on record with my wife a few weeks ago. If Gore enters the race, then he's the clear winner and it's a Gore/Obama ticket and presidency. If Gore doesn't win the race it's Edwards/Obama. Case closed.

I've been a registered Democrat for 35 years. I've voted in every election since my first presidential vote for George McGovern. I contributed money to fight the fight for the rightful election of Al Gore. Now, because of some ridiculous pissing contest between people I don't know or care to know, I'm basically being told, by my own party, that my vote won't count! If this remains unresolved I'm not voting in the primary or the general election. In fact, I'll change my affiliation to Independent. To disenfranchise the general voting public as "punishment", is absolutely reprehensible.

This is definitely a "girl thing".

First of all, no one is as disappointed in this primary mess the state legislature got us into than I am. After suffering through the debacle of 2000 to be disenfranchised of our vote is unconscionable. However so our state leadership failed us, and however the Florida delegates count or don't count, I know of no one that voted on Tuesday that did not at least feel that, one way or the other, their vote means something. I did not go to the polls because I didn't have anything better to do, and I did not vote for Barrack Obama blindly or without intense thought. I think the results indicate that Hillary has much stronger appeal in a huge demographic like Florida than I would have thought, and I think that Obama suddenly realizes that Clinton may steamroll the rest of the way to the convention. Maybe the delegates won't be seated, maybe our delegate count won't count. But don't tell me that we didn't express our commitment to the democratic process when Florida voted on Tuesday.

During the Florida Primary, the Florida Democratic leadership basically told us not to worry. This was just a little squabble between friends that would be worked out and our votes would definitely count. Well, I don't think so. Luckily, my wife and have a solution. Since I voted for Obama, and she voted for Clinton, and it's now apparent that the Democratic party is devoid of leadership or accountability, we're both going to vote for a not-so-bad John McCain. I'll probably be a registered Independent this time next year!

or Japan, for that matter. Both were far more devastated by war than Iraq, yet both recovered to remarkable industrial giants. The difference? At least in my opinion, Germany and Japan were and are comprised of countrymen. Iraq, as defined by its current borders, is no more a united country than post war Yugoslavia. We were engaged in war with Germany and Japan for 3 and half years. Iraq, 5 years and counting. We're not at war with Iraq, we're policing an ugly civil war that has no end in sight. Loved the article on K.V. anyway.