Reply #20: Yes...he is hardly someone I would consider a friend to the left! BUT, he

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is worth listening to for his analysis of those areas on which there seems to be more agreement. He is a bulldog when he gets onto some issues, and he just goes on and on about them. As annoying as he can be, though (he was the one, imho, who was responsible for the vilification of Dean for the "scream"-he was on so much that it seemed for all that morning, on MSNBC at least, all one saw was Buchanan over and over slamming Dean, and talking about Dean being unstable or unacceptable as a candidate), he is VERY intelligent, and makes one think.