<And the country will be the less, for a variety of reasons. Just one of which is having a President who blatantly disregards over half of his country, the folks who voted for Gore.

In a survey held after the 2002 election, respondents said that if the election between Bush and Gore were held today, they would prefer Bush by 54 to 39 percent (don't know where the other 6 percent went.) So 2000 is old news. People have seen the light. Let it go.

Clinton won the 1992 election with 43 percent of the vote in 1992, and 48 percent in 1996. In other words, a majority of voters voted for somebody other than Clinton, but Clinton still nailed the electoral college. Didn't see the Democrats bitching about the poor, neglected majority of voters back then.

The country got badly burned with Ashcroft. People of good conscience just can't roll over on another one like that.

The country isn't behaving like it's badly burned. Ashcroft's approval rating has been floating around 75 percent. Getting a little lonely out there, isn't it?