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Originally Posted by WenD08
i am very hopeful about next year. the Democratic slate is a good one. as an aside, it's nice to be in a really Blue state in a Blue region 
regarding the other side, it's interesting to see how the Repubs are (not) embracing their candidates. talk of a 3rd party of Christian-Right GOP defectors is interesting to watch. as someone who loves politics, this will be a great year-plus to watch.
the downside, these debates are a bit much...there've been a ton of them and it's only October, 2007  |
The "Queen City" weeps at your loss/departure
It is an interesting race to hanidcap... HRC seems increasingly solid, yet there is a deep reservoir for what B. Obama seems to represent (their fundraising totals are very close). Not exactly sure why John Edwards, vetted in '04, hasn't caught on more in the primaries.
On the Republican side, given the lukewarmed-ness of the given slate, I expected Fred Thompson's candidacy to reenergize that scenario. Doesn't appear to have happened.
3rd party, independent movements, I think, have affected races (Perot, Nader) so we'll see on this one. I think there may be a lot of disaffected, sit-this-one-out types among Republican voters.