Honestly, I can't say that abortion isn't important. It involves human life and health so of course it's important. But it's an issue that belongs in a doctor's office and it should involve a woman and he physician not her church or the government. The who pro-life/anti-choice movement is about as un-Conservative as one can get yet it is a hallmark of conservative policy...go figure. No one can ever argue that conservatives are rational. That's not quite accurate. Real conservatives/libertarians are quite rational. It's the social conservatives and Neoconservatives that check rationality at the door.

Thanks! I'd really appreciate it! :)

hey Jess,

Well, what defines a great team? I think that definition would vary greatly depending on where your political beliefs lay. I'm certain that out of the 28% of the electorate that remains loyal to Bush/Cheney, some would argue that was a great team and these people would likely argue that McCain/Palin is a great team. It's strange how people can let their political ideology blind their judgment. Some folks would denigrate a Democratic ticket if Jesus was a candidate. The main problem today is that the electorate has been polarized. John Dean, in two of his recent books, "Conservatives Without Conscience" and "Broken Government" argues that Republicans are largely at fault for the present extreme political dichotomy and I would tend to agree with him. Let's face it; we've always had a political left and right but the vilification of the other side really began during the Reagan administration and it took serious hold in the early years of the Clinton administration.

I know for a fact that the main goal of the Pelosi run House has been to re-establish civility in the debate process, which is why she refused to conduct impeachment hearings. What she got for her trouble is an obstructionist opposition whose primary objective was to insure that next to nothing was accomplished in the House (Reid in the Senate faced much the same situation). Knowing what I do about the conservative agenda and their methods, I wrote my Congressman stating my objections to Pelosi's approach. It isn't possible to compromise with contemporary Republicans. All that an be done is to destroy that particular party and hope that real conservatives reform a party that is true to conservative ideals, which the modern party abandoned 28 years ago.

Anyway, the hope of selecting the best team is really a pipe ream as long as we remain a two party system. In America there really can be no coalition type governments. Well, maybe under the most extreme circumstances that might happen but really...can you imagine things being much worse then they are today and look at what we're arguing about: Obama's religious affiliation, Sarah Palin's children, McCain's wealth, abortion rights, gay marriage .... Not to denigrate these matters because they are important. However, in the scheme of the whole are abortion rights more important than 45 million people lacking health care? A couple of trillion dollars in national debt? Global warming? I mean take you pick. We should be debating the great issues, issues that could well mean the survival of the nation or perhaps the species. Instead we see a focus on hot button issues, issues that are aimed at inflaming the culture wars. A true unity ticket, one that offers the best talent would be composed of two individuals whose party affiliation should matter. Don't hold your breath for that to occur. I admit being something of an extremist and feel that we'll have unity when present Republican leadership is in jail permanently. Perhaps I'm overly cynical but honestly think of it: Obama/Hegel, McCain/Clinton. It isn't that we lack talented people Jess it's just that talented people have a hard time getting elected. In 2000, the electorate had a choice between Gore and Bush and the election was sufficiently close that the SCOTUS handed the election to Bush; a man so bereft of talent that he's ruined every business with which he's been associated. Go figure...