Typical Mo Dowd---she simply can't help herself.

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27. He was Gore's roommate at Harvard. Never said loyalty to friends isn't a good thing

or that Somersby's a bad writer. Just that Dowd is a better writer - but, that doesn't mean that I can't disagree with both on some things, while still respecting their obvious talents and intelligence.

As for Gore, I voted for him on multiple occasions-- by the standards of most American politicians, he's a visionary thinker -- but rarely connected with him emotionally, which tells me he lacks something as a politician, which is not a good thing for him, given his chosen line of work.

Clinton, both of them (c. 1992), and Obama (c.2008), I adored. Supremely gifted, all of them. But, over time my feelings for them have faded, while my political views haven't changed much, merely becoming more disillusioned with the promise of change and hope for the power of gifted leadership. That may tell you more about me than them.