What I find interesting is that many FReepers who have stated they are not going to vote for Dubya in 2004 are sitting on their behinds posting on Free Republic instead of getting behind their perfect candidate(s).
Where are those perfect candidates who are going to save us all not only from another George W. Bush presidency but a Democrat presidency? Where are those perfect candidates that are actually going to win the election, preserve the Constitution, impeach some SCOTUS judges, win Congressional and Senate races by a significant margin, put Hillary out of her socialist misery and Dean back into his outsider status? Where are those perfect candidates who are so much better than President Bush?
Iowa Caucuses will be held in about 3 weeks., then we have New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. Better get those principled and perfect candidates on the ballot soon so they can cruise to certain victory.
You make several excellent points.
The only thing I can counter with is that the "perfect candidate(s)" probably want nothing to do with what our political/electoral system has become. They see how ugly things get when you have