Reply #21: I don't know much about him, either, but I saw him on CSPAN the other

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day, taking questions from voters in what appeared to be some constituents meeting. He seemed reasonable enough. But then an elderly woman questioned him about the theft of the 2000 election, AND the theft of the 2004 election - as in - how can we know our votes are protected, and he told her he disagreed with her about the 2004 vote theft. Well, anybody who had even a half-assed idea about how much voter fraud there was, in Ohio ALONE, never mind in Florida and elsewhere, would have been taken aback by that. I was. Also, it would have behooved him to be a little more diplomatic in his response to her, rather than challenging her assertion. Criminey - she was a voter for heaven's sakes! She was one of the good guys, too. If he really had disagreed with her, he should have kept that to himself.

I must say, that incident alone makes me hope somebody else runs for president. As far as I recall, he's capitulated to the bad guys a few times too many. And his discussion with these folks on CSPAN was mealy-mouthed to say the least. Howard Dean comes out and says what needs to be said. Bayh seemed like he was Cirque de Soleil-ing around any firm stances of any sort. I must say I wasn't impressed.

But if he winds up being a contender, I'll look him over. It's better than another republi-CON, that's for sure.