Reply #11: I don't know, McCain doesn't have a deep tap

[TayTay]

into all that nice Rethug money. He did okay in NH back in '00, but the guy will be 72 years old in 2008. The oldest guy ever to be elected Pres was Reagan and he was 69. It could happen, but there are obstacles. A lot of Rethugs hate McCain and Hagle is not well known. And Hagle is not really a REthug. There would be problems. Plus, the whole of Rethuggery is in for a meltdown, you can just feel it coming. These guys have screwed up bigtime and they will not be able to hold their coalitions together.

Kerry could run again. I think the biggest obstacle is family opposition. (I'm still not completely sure that Teresa wants to go through that again. Then again, she is one tough broad, so it could happen.) None of Kerry's money guys have backed off. Big John is learning real fast about using the internet for more than just raising money. (The letters on Health Care for Children, the USO letter, the Rumsfeld and the Condi letter were great. No requests for money for the PAC. Yet. Wonderful stuff.) His vote the other day was a real sign that he is NOT going to play ball with * or his wacko friends on Cap. Hill. Yeah. This is going to get real interesting.

Of course none of this matters for two more years. First the Dems have to become a more cohesive party and they have to get their arguments out into the public arena. This is going to be difficult, but not impossible. Social Security could be the major issue that does the Rethugs in. (Grandma got run over by a Rethug. On the way to cash her pension check.) If Dems can pin the coming SSI debacle on Rethugs and their desire to screw the working people, then Dems will be in the catbird seat. Stay tuned. I promise you, things are going to start to get real interesting, real soon.