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Since we are going to use the American Idol model to select the President this year, the question is, when will Simon show up?

That's the dem model, if McCain allows it to dominate the race, he'll lose. Obama is cute. If the GOP, sorry McCain, the GOP is on vacation, forcefully present the issues, he can win. Obama is vulnerable there. A post of mine from another thread as to what you get with Obama, based solely on previous Obama statements. It's a radical agenda that can be defeated. The racist nature of his religious belief system is another issue, a post on that here

A living Constitution
Publicly funded partial birth abortion.
Abortion on demand for minors without parental consent
An assault weapon ban which includes a ban on "assault weapon ammunition", along with restricted access to handguns and ammunition bans.
An end to discrimination against gays in society and the military
Increased reliance on the UN
A reduction in military spending
Normalization with Cuba
Tougher enviornmental laws including tough emission schedules
No drilling in ANWAR
Increased Federal funding of railways, including local commutor lines
A more progressive income tax
A cap on consumer loan interest rates and ATM fees
Universal single payer health care
Supplemental food programs and increases in food stamp, Head Start, school lunchs-you get the idea relative to existing programs.
Funding to develop affordable housing, restrictions favoring low income at the expense of market rate housing.
An end to discrimination in lending based on source of income
Expanded welfare
Insreased aid to education
Hate crime legislation and an end to racial profiling
Increased funding for tha arts
Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
Right to strike for Federal employees
Pay equity for women
Federal living wage
Drivers license and path to citizenship for illegals
Welfare, social security and medicaid to illegals
You can find more at IVI-IPO 2004 US SENATE QUESTIONNAIRE or any of the issue sites. He has positions. Unlike Hillary, the Republican candidate simply has to capitalize on them.