Back when the good guys were Blue-- I hate being the "Red" states.
Speaking of Dem longevity...Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale have lived 25 years & 4 months after leaving office, passing up the last president & vice- president to live that long after their term was up, John Adams & Thomas Jefferson (Mar.4, 1801- July 4, 1826)
It flips back again in '08, right? Aren't we blue in '08?
"Red" has advantages too - remember that an entire generation of voters have never lived under the U.S.S.R.