[Jhensy]

Outstanding post. As a NYer and a newspaper veteran, I am still absolutely flabbergasted that the Dems would let this complete crook and utter fraud anywhere NEAR their dais. ARE THEY INSANE???!!!! AL EFFIN' SHARPTON???!! In their wildest dreams GOP strategists couldn't come up with this one.

[Media Insurgent]

"I am still absolutely flabbergasted that the Dems would let this complete crook and utter fraud anywhere NEAR their dais."

The problem for them is that they really can't do anything about it. Sharpton has a solid, sizable constituency in their party. He might even have stronger appeal with blacks than Jesse Jackson these days. If the Dem leadership tries to sabotage him, he will NOT go down quietly. He will tell his followers to stay home on election day, and if he tells them to, they will. If that happens, the GOP victories of 2002 will look like just a warmup. The Dems will be hurt if Sharpton goes deep in the primaries, but they have no chance at all if they alienate the black vote.

[sneakypete]

I am still absolutely flabbergasted that the Dems would let this complete crook and utter fraud anywhere NEAR their dais.

Really? Have you already forgotten about Bubba-1 and Bubbette!? They make Sharpie look like a Boy Scout.