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Good post, especially for a vanity.

The problem with hoping Zell will regain power in the Democratic party is that he is a poison pill. His contributions to the Republican party convention is tantamount to betrayal. He will never hold any prominent Dem position again, and he knows it. Hoping Zell will take over the Democratic party is like hoping a horse with three broken legs will win the Kentucky Derby.

I think that the Democratic Party will have to burn itself to the ground before anything fresh comes from it. Did you notice that a lot of the names that have been advanced to run in 2008 are "moderate" Dems? Some people on the left are pulling their support from Hillary. I think that this is wise.

I do fear (in echo of yours) that we will have four years of venom to swim around in. If GWB gets a bad haircut or ties his shoes wrong, expect it to be in the news cycle for at least three weeks.

The left will not listen to us. We could draw a map, write detailed instructions, and lead them by the hand on how to win in 2008, but they will simply shrug, say "Stupid fundamentalists" and trot off to the next Michael Moore flick. Their problems can only be solved by them.

Thanks for the good read!

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. His contributions to the Republican party convention is tantamount to betrayal.

Actually, I think Zell did the honorable thing by stepping down from Congress.

Liberman on the other hand when he effectively told democratic jewish voters in Florida to vote for Bush, now that was "betrayal" to do that and not stand down from the party was really eye-opening.