I would love to see him as head of some Party, but I would like more to see him lead the R's. He has character, polish, and a great sense of humor. He is not just another pretty face, or political debtor. I could vote for him on a top ticket, in either position. He could beat Hitlary! But, the Massa has spoken. I hope Mr. Steele will not take TOO much offense...

I still hold my R registration at the Courthouse, though. Here in WV, I am a Poll worker. In Berkeley County, we had 3 Pubbies and 2 Dims at each precinct. I hauled the finished ballots to the Courthouse, and waited while they loaded the stats from the cartridge from our Votronic machine, and confirmed it had worked. In the bag, were the tapes from the printer, that confirmed the votes, register. That is the way it needs to be, in order to minimize the corruption we now see around the country. We still need to see whether we did right.

I was glad they used electronic voting here. We had a variety of young and old, men and women, many of which had never even used a computer. this machine helped them understand the process, and the paper trail left them resting easier. Until they were assured of the paper tape, they wanted paper ballots. I wanted them to use the machines (next time they will handle provisional votes on it, but this time they were all on paper) but many balked. I know how easy it is to fudge (lose/find) with paper ("they suddenly found how many bags uncounted in WA?"). With the Votronic machine and a paper tape register, it has backup, hence more integrity available.

We did not have many truly young people in our precinct come out to vote, though. That was particularly disturbing, as was a hispanic woman who I really wanted to challenge but didn't. Her English was terrible, and I don't think she was a citizen, but another Commissioner asked her and she assured us she was (no, officer, I didn't know I was driving so fast).

I was disappointed as I got home and began watching the massacre. I was so tired of watching THE ENEMY lying through their pearly whites, abetted by their friends the DBM. Living near DC, we got continuous commercials for DC, MD, VA, and of course, WV. I will be curious to know how much money was spent by "outside interests" (isn't that how  you pronounce Soros?) on ads from hell. They must have originated there, because there was so little truth, and so much anger.  I was so glad to use the DVR and bypass them, but the strings got longer, and the rhetoric worse.

"Sheets" won handily, since he was given a thirty car lead over Raece, and the end of the track was shortened to 10 feet in front. Of course, that is WV, where the KKK must still be active (wasn't that Annapolis where I last saw them?). But then, George Allen didn't have the good sence to watch his words and the "Klintoon Kill Machine" managed to twist that into a lynching. In Maryland, Mike Steele came close, but the got beaten in the end by the "B'more Crab and Vote buyers". In DC, I imagine Marion Barry enjoyed some time in a suite with his favorite crack ho, gently puffing on his pipe. He is still on the DC city Council.

Our local bright lite, Rep. Shelly Capito, R-WV2 was challenged by the Dims. Fortunately (or not) she hasn't had a long career and has few gaffs. She does a good job of service and always responds to appeals for anything. You know, it really is true, though. "All politics is local". Even with the "Machine " stacking their chairs and calling the races, she still won without any doubts. We know her, and she is ours. In spite of mounting good-looking, but limp-wristed, veterans (who else wants to "get them out NOW"?) as candidates throughout the country, they could not unseat our girl (is it OK to call her that? with that stuff. WV may be laughed at because of "Sheets", but it is leaning more R these days.

Locally, we have a solid R base. This was a solid D area for years, but the locals have seen the light. Ron Reagan put it on that hill. They are working to make it brighter. In 2008, Rockyfella is up for renewal. I think he can be flushed, but only if the R's in the Unites States Congress find a backbone and present solid Conservative values. It will also help if the White House grows a set, and finds a veto pen. Of course, then George may not get his illegal invaders legalized...

2008 will be here in a couple of weeks (it will seem like it), so tempus is fujiting. We must not wait to set the agenda. The agenda is already on paper (for reference, see the Constitution of the United States).