evolution

the surest way to get ripped mercilessly in a presidential candidate debate is to lead in the polls.

clark and dean, the two front runners for the dems’ nomination (and the only two who even stand a remote chance of beating bush in an election), were taking it from all sides at the debate the other night. and you can bet they’re sweating even more now that they see the economy is starting to recover. the dow is nearly back to its pre-9/11 levels.

message to dick gephardt and joe lieberman: you will never, ever be president of the united states, for any reason. ever. how many consecutive nominations has gephardt lost (not counting the one he’s about to lose)? it seems like he always runs for president and never even gets nominated. his own party doesn’t even like him. where does he get all this money to run for president every four years? it strikes me as hilarious that the only dems remotely worth listening to have not been in the party on the national scene: dean is the governor of vermont, and clark of course was in the air force as nato’s military commander. [BREAK: i have a friend who actually ate lunch with clark at a mess hall when he was stationed in europe, in england, i think it was. my friend said that the general was a class act and seemed to enjoy meeting the enlisted men who served in his command.]

now that the fun in california is over, it’s time for the folks at the national level to get in on the act.