I've thought about this much without seeking the opinions of others.  As I found myself thinking about it again, I realized that I could just ask for help.  What I've been wondering is why did the democrats put their weight behind the candidates they did.  The top 3 candidates were a black man, a woman (the woman most hated by the GOP) and a guy who was far left of both.  In this election, the country really wanted a switch.  If the dems had selected like Evan Bayh, wouldn't there have been a landslide in their direction?  Just curious.

but they have been taken over recently by the far far left (i.e. DailyKos, HuffingtonPost, George Soros, Keith Olberman). The supposed ‘Main Stream Media” no longer is impartial. Not that it ever was but long long ago it used to do a much better job at impartiality. It often no longer even pretends to be impartial. With the MSM running left, every one else must lean even further to the left, just to ‘keep the balance’ so to speak.

Hell, one of the Dems most moderate members got booted out in 2006 (Lieberman) and HE was their VP choice just 8 years ago.

The right often comes under the same sort of accusations. Primarily accused of being controlled by the ‘religious right’. No such evidence this time around vis-à-vis McCain. Of course all of his opposition was flawed each in their own way. Huckabee - too much a socialistic spender. Romney – too Morman? LOL.  Giuliani – too pro abortion. McCain was sort of like a big compromise.

What does that say about the ‘group mentality’ about each side? The irony is that the group choices are diametrically opposed to each party’s philosophy. Conservative individualism supplanted by the ‘overall good’ vs. Dems ‘love of collective group benefits’ giving way to self interests of relatively tiny groups. Go figure.

of Wall Street. The 800 lb gorilla in the room last night was not spoken about that much and that was the $700 billion bailout. McCain was more forthcoming than Obama but I was still not satisfied.

I want my Congresswomen and Senators to vote against the bailout and state so clearly and concisely. It was Gov. Huckabee who said that Washington is more concerned with Wall Street than Main Street and I am afraid he was right.

However, I only have two choices in this Presidential election and it is going to be McCain because he is less beholding to Wall Steet's interests than Obama. Damn, I miss Perot. Not once did Obama speak against the corruption in government or the bailout. Listen my friend to not what the candidates say, but what that don't say.

MRB - the answer is obvious:  The country hates George Bush.  Lowest approval ratings in history.  When the party in power is unpopular people want CHANGE.  That's why you hear the pundits always calling this a change election.

Obama and Clinton simply by virtue of their race and sex represent a change from the past.  Consciously or not, voters want to try something different because what's been happening for the last 8 years isn't working.  Obama and Clinton are different from anything this country has tried before so on a purely cosmetic level the embody a change.  A breath of fresh air.

Admittedly it's a gamble - the country has to ready to accept change and be comfortable with it.  So far it looks like they are.

most Dems refuse to condemn or even distance themselves from the likes of Daily Kos. Dems belly up to the KOS bar, looking for approval.

out of leadership talent.

Bull. The Daily Kos claims traffic of 3-5 million visitors a week. Even assuming the high number is correct, more than 40 million votes were cast in the Democratic primaries this year. I would venture that most Democrats have never heard of Daily Kos.