I am in the middle of reading a fantastic book by James Carville and Paul Begala, "Take It Back : Our Party, Our Country, Our Future." This book outlines what went wrong with throwing George W. Bush out of office. I am not a Democrat, although I identify more closely with them, and it is easy for me to tell you where they went wrong. Imagine how hard it must be for the authors though. James Carville, the "ragin' Cajun," was the anti-Karl Rove before there ever was a Karl Rove to speak of. Together with Begala, they were responsible for Clinton's election. 'Cause let's face the truth, the candidates are merely speaking the words they are told so that they can get elected. So when they call the Democratic party on shoddy campaign work, you know it means something.

In the book, they show how people wanted to vote Bush out in the last election. Yet, the Democratic party did not give them enough of a candidate to entice people. The honest truth is that politics is dirty, and though you shouldn't attack the opponent, you should go after their politics like a pit bull to a t-bone steak. And furthermore, for everything the Democrats did wrong, the Republicans did right. Still, only about three million people voted for Bush over Kerry, with as badly fumbled as the campaign was. And I've said it before, but let me put that into perspective for you. There are about 3 million schizophrenics in the United States today. 3 million die each year from mosquito-borne disease. Do you understand how very small these numbers are? For screwing up the campaign, the Democrats still got very close to winning it. Does that tell you how badly people wanted Bush out?

Anyway, it is a fantastic read so far, and I can't wait to finish it. I highly reccomend it.