i hope you aren't laboring under the illusion that Democratic fund raising is using anything other than 'fear of Republicans' as it's main whip?

if you think they are, you need to visit the DCCC.org page and see for yourself

that's all we've had from the two big parties for the last 30 years, minimum
neither one could run on it's own record and raise shit in the way of contributions, so they both play on fear of the other group

what has either one got to brag about?

Well noted, Jet.
I was raised Republican, gravitated left in my thinking and have voted Dem for quite a while now. Still, it's hard to feel there is any safe harbor politically in this country. Neither party CAN boast about how well they serve the people.

The line works perfectly for the Republicans. Hillary is the weakest Democrat in the general election and will rally the Republican base. Texas Republicans will vote for Guliani or Romney rather than Hillary, but might vote for Obama or Richardson or Edwards.

yea, keep telling yourself that, andrew. that's been the prediction since day one, but hillary keeps getting stronger and piling on the cash. and, if this blog entry is correct, hillary isn't the polarizing bogeyman (bogeyperson?) everybody thought she'd be. do you really imagine conservatives would ever, ever vote for edwards? no way.