Kerry was leading in the polls until the slime started. In fact every Dem presidential candidate held a lead only to watch it evaporate under the weight of negative advertising and a compliant press. Your faith in the voters is misguided

You mentioned Bush's disapproval ratings. Cenk just did a story on polls about how people disapprove of bush's handling of the war and the direction it is going, yet the same poll shows McCain having high approval on the same issue with the SAME POLICY

How do you explain Clintons victories? It certianly wasn't for niceness.

It doesn't matter who our nominee is. If he or she doesn't fight they will lose and deservedly so.