Does not matter what your political bent is, we can all see that the people in Congress are not much like any of us and most have their interests and not ours at heart.

I worry about some of his foreign policy, not necessarily the war but others. I have said many times we should bring our troops home from all the other countries like Germany, Japan, the Phillipines, and South Korea. That would save us a fortune.

The deal with Florida is not like it was in Michigan where the candidates dropped out. When your opponents aren’t even on the ballot there’s no symbolism there, but in Florida you will still have a match up to take note of going into Super Tuesday, even if they aren’t fighting for delegates.

I find it interesting you said that Ron Paul will end the neo cons wars and no bid contracts.

I know I have said this before but people fail to listen. Bill Clinton gave no bid contracts to Halliburton. I know it is hard to believe but he did. I also wonder how the new contract for food in the Capitol was awarded. Was it no bid.

There is nothing wrong with a no bid contract of there is only one company that can provide what is needed. Suppose the government wanted to make all computers in the government have the Microsoft operating system. Would they put out a bid for the MS operating system or just contract with MS since it is the only one who makes it?

Just a little reminder, the military dropped bombs and shot at people in Iraq and Bosnia and the rest of the Baltics during the last administration.

It helps to keep things in perspective. You know, like Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter used warrantless wiretaps to listen to our enemies even if they were talking to someone in the US.

They have all done it and the will continue to do it.

Maybe I’m just not inside this thing enough, but this is what I think about Ron Paul. He’s right in the middle of a storm of hate and love for everything he stands for. On one side are the neo-cons who love how he’ll cut taxes on corps but he wants to end their wars and their no-bid contracts boosting the industries they hail from. One the other side is the Christian Right who loves that he’s pro-family but hate that he doesn’t want to legislate morality over abortion and marriage. On another side are the people feeling the tax burden and liking that he wants to lesson that but they also understand the importance of certain social programs like social security and do not trust the private sector to handle that. I think all of this and more is why he’s got about 10% support and you need a bit more than that to win the party.

Don’t even get me started on Rudy. Rudy is deluded in his plan to somehow do good in Super Spectacular Oh My Lord Tuesday. It won’t work. He’s just a centrist Yankee mayor who can’t stop talking about 9/11 and get to talking about what really matters to Americans. He has no money, no other message, and no real support anywhere. He’s shown in the past that he has too many personal problems and no ability to slip out of those like some politicians do. He’s hosed.

The GOP race is a wide open 3 way battle, and I don’t believe that will change any time soon.

Over on the Dem side it’s a 2 person race with Edwards’ hope to even affect the outcome slipping more every day. If Obama can eek out a win in Nevada and coast in South Carolina where he has strong support, then he may erode Hillary’s support in Florida.

If Edwards does well in South Carolina he might rise up to a stronger 3rd place and have more affect, but that’s not looking good right now.

If Hillary can eek out a win in Nevada that should be enough for her to take a loss in South Carolina and still do well in Florida where recent polls have her at a 30 point lead. Even with a loss in Nevada and South Carolina it will be hard to stop her in Florida. After that then it’s out of their hands pretty much…