Reply #1: Walter Shapiro is a great writer.

[TayTay]

I loved his last book. I think his insights are a good snapshot of what he sees in March 2006. I also agree with him on the speeded up nature of the cycle this time. Sigh. Welcome to the permanent campaign where the stakes are so high that only the very, very few can play. (We will never have a nother Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton win in the primaries. The States they were Govs of were just too small to support these candidates or their money raising needs.)