Okay. The Primaries are over. The candidates are all now known.

[Stinky The Clown]

The tea leaves have a blue shade to them and they seem to - remarkably - be forming a more or less donkey shape clearer than any Rorschach blot in the bottom of everybody's teacup.

The Republican's, meanwhile, have an overstuffed war chest and lots of money to convert into pure slime and shit and start spewing it our way.

All this leaves me with some broad questions. What do *you* see as the answers to these questions?

- Do our candidates have the passion and daring of the guys who threw the tea into Boston's harbor all those long centuries ago?

- Do our candidates have the killer instinct that will be needed to counter the damage others will seek to inflict on their campaigns?

- Do our candidates have the willingness to say things clearly and unambiguously when challenged on their positions or their prior voting record?

- Do our candidates have the moxie to no longer just walk up to the line, but to step over it and be counted when someone challenges them personally?

- Do our candidates have the love for America and democracy to to fight at least as hard as the patriots of the early 1770s?

- Is the 'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' spirit alive and buring in their hearts?

- Will every political punch thrown by the other side be deflected and then more strongly countered?

In short ...... its 'Game On' time. Are we ready?

[blondeatlast]

1. They'd better. And I guarantee that I AM..

The power of the internets can overcome their money if we are committed and smart and assertive enough.

[shanine]

2. You scared me . .

I thought I missed mine. It's next week.

[MrCoffee]

3. no.

why must i be so cynical?