Your choice?

Given what is at stake here, I see nothing funny about American politics. You throwing Blair out in favor of Brown thogh, now that IS funny... and well deserved. Cheerio, old chap...

When a political situation developes to the point a politician feels he needs to step down, isn't that the same as getting rid of him? Just asking. It seems your remark is a little harsh.

Hello ScotlandTheBrave, I'd say that based on the news we see here in the USA, it would seem that Tony Blair was driven out of office. He was under constant, excoriating criticism for Britain's support of the USA in Iraq, and as the below article references, the Labor Party support had fallen to 14 year lows. [i]"Tony Blair Hangs on as Labour Party Is Pummeled by Rob Gifford All Things Considered, May 10, 2006 · The British Labour Party tried to stop a damaging feud over its leadership Wednesday as an opinion poll showed the party's support falling to a 14-year low. Prime Minister Tony Blair, in office for nine years, has been under pressure from members of his own party to name a date to hand over the office to his likely successor, finance minister Gordon Brown. The Labour Party took a severe beating in local council elections last week. On Tuesday, Blair again refused to set a date for his departure but promised to give his successor ample time to settle in before the next national election, due by 2010.[/i] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5396948

The voters of the USA are completely unpredictable to me. I still don't know how they picked Bill Clinton over Bob Dole. That they did tells me they could easily pick Obama over McCain. I hope you are right about McCain and SCOTUS. I read in AUDACITY OF HOPE what Obama had to say about Justice Scalia and was totally disgusted. If Obama can write what he did about Justice Scalia, Obama will never nominate an acceptable judge to the Supreme Court.

Hello Red, Unpredictable? Yup, I'd have to fully agree with you there. Calcynic makes a fabulous point about the 1996 election, which was Bob Dole's inability to 'connect' with the American People. Bill Clinton was a stark contrast of youth & extroverted charm. I vividly remember watching the 1992 election coverage, and hearing reference after reference to the psychological connection drawn between Bill Clinton and Clarence Clemens from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, as a result of Clinton's having demonstrated his saxophone prowess. That kind of 'anchored', 'hip' connection is really difficult to sever. In 1996 Clinton garnered just a fraction of a percentage over 50% of the vote, which was far superior to his 1992 result of 43.3% of the vote. Yet, only 49% of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls on election day in 1996. Less than 1/2 of all eligible voters cast a vote. Which, I believe speaks to the disatisfaction of the GOP voters in their choice. Geesh, Perot was still able to drain 8% away from Dole, even after Perot's 1992 waffling debacle. http://www.multied.com/index.html One would think that the party honchos would have learned a lesson from the 1992 & 1996 races. Especially since Bill Clinton was the first Dem. President re-elected to a second full-term since FDR. I am nervous that the parallels between this election and the 1996 election are eerily similar. What I believe is the primary difference is that Obama does not have the charisma that Bill Clinton had. Without a teleprompter Obama is very dry, very pensive, very difficult to listen to without becoming impatient. I believe that this is going to irreparably grate on the nerves of the American People as we progress into the general election. The Saddleback forum was the first public venue that was not designed and implemented by either Team Obama or the DNC. Obama had no teleprompter, and had no control over the content; as such he grappled, stuttered, paused, and fumbled. People have a behavioral tendency to get very antsy in the presence of someone who does not have control over their verbiage or stream of consciousness. It's like the reaction that most people have when in the presence of a heavy stutterer. We tend to want to pull the words out of the person, which makes us focus on the desire to pull the words out, rather than focusing on the words themselves. As we progress into the general election, my prediction is that the variance of venue will end up making Sen. Obama come off as a frustrating professor. And, that's going to seriously grate on people's nerves. Although, as I think about it, the media and public opinion polls indicated that Hillary overwhelmingly defeated Sen. Obama in the last debate between the two of them. Which means that Saddleback was the second leg in a seeming pattern of failure in public venues without a teleprompter. The debates between McCain & Obama are still on the horizon, and we all know how deciding those debates can be. Geesh, ya' remember how Nixon lost his first Presidential bid because he sweated under the stage lights during a televised debate? The public perception was that the sweat made him look nervous, and unsure of himself. So, we shall see how McCain & Obama fair through the next two(+) months.

Lemme clear something up...disliking Libby Dole had nothing to do with my voting against Bob Dole. I'm a lifelong Democrat. That's why I voted for Clinton.

Hello Laglen, Ditto!

Yes, it is. I'm for McCain all the way. I admit it. I guess it is obvious why they don't hire people like me to be political consultants.

'Spin doctor' has to pay more than myLot poster!

Hell...you might make a good "spin doctor"...no offense. :)

John McCain has not won yet. Obama could easily still win. Only time will tell.

I hope you are wrong about the one state and middle of the night. We don't ever need that again.

I have the feeling it's gonna come down to one lonely state in the middle of the night. Who is gonna be this year's Florida or Ohio?