Everytime I hear HRC open her mouth, I wonder why she does not run for President. She is such an intelligent woman. I heard her on the Today show giving her assessment of the situation in Iraq and her thoughts are so very sensible and non-scripted unlike the democratic candidates who have been offered their fair chance of speaking of the situation. The best of the lot is Howard Dean. He is the man who can take Bush head on in 2004 if HRC does not run. PC, no one will remember Bush's trip to Iraq by the end of December 2003, much less November 2004. It is such a pity that he cannot openly visit that country and must land his plane in bitter darkness after major combat operations are over and after so much success taking place over there. Just goes to show you that so far his foreign policy is nothing but doomed.

Yardie: I just got back home and managed to catch up. I actually had to print that post re: cherishing our loved ones. Hope it's not too late, but thanks so much for your post.