In my first post, on 3/28/03, I made reference to a Democrat who has made the most sense to me, but whose name I couldn't think of at the time.
This is the person I was trying to think of. He has thrown his hat into the ring for the Dem presidential nom. Of all the potential candidates I have heard so far, he seems to reflect my own position the best.

Plus, as this speech reflects, he has an excellent sense of rhetoric.

Now, all my kin have said that this fellow is too liberal to get elected. Well, Al Gore did everything but change his party affiliation to Republican, and you see where that got him. Just remember Al got the majority of the popular vote, and might have won the Electoral College if not for the Florida fiasco.