[Dominic Harr]

Opposing the war in Iraq isn't fringe anymore — it's become part of what defines ordinary Americans.

You'd think they'd wait till they wone just *one* single election, before crowing. Wouldn'tcha?

Winning a party primary. Big whoop. Dukakis won a bunch of them!

I've got my eye on this election cycle. If they win in just one single general election, I may change my opinion of them. But for now, they still are "the fringe".

Just like, and let's face it, we here on FR are 'the fringe'. Typically, a FReeper is politically active, tech-savy, educated beyond the average, and enjoys spirited debate on the issues.

All of which allows us to use this fabulous tool FR to magnify our voices to a scream.

[A. Pole]

Past elections were won by a small margin. What keeps Republicans in power is a strange infatuation of Democrats with "gay marriage", abortion, stem cells research, Celebration of Diversity in public schools, suppression of religion in public sphere etc etc.

The New Deal style Democrats with some traditional moral values would win one landslide after another as they used to in the past.