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Here's how the Democrats can get exposure, evade campaign finance laws and whittle down the field of candidates all at the same time.

They can get their bosom buddies at ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/PBS to invent a reality series called "Who Wants To Be President?" Take some schlockey washed-up has-been (Gary Hart?) to host the show and each week the candidates must live in a big mansion with a bunch of hidden cameras while they make policy statements to each other.

They'll also have contests where certain advantages can be won, such as "Special Interest Group For The Week". One week, they'll have to shovel horsesh*t as the contestants did on "Joe Millionaire". The next week, they might have to eat rats like they did on "Survivor".

Candidates, er contestants, will be able to sneak interns in and out of the mansion in order to spice up the ratings.

Viewers can go on-line to vote one candidate out of the mansion each week. Given the field of candidates, I'm sure it could last an entire 13-week season.

And by the time it's over, we'll find out more about these candidates than we ever really wanted to know...

HBO already stole your idea.

They are going to run (and fund) a 3rd party candidate after TV vote chooses a candidate..

Fox beat you to it. Word is that in 04 they'll select a candidate via reality TV (similar to American Idol in this case) and run him as a third party guy.