Thompson is not out of this yet. He knows he has no shot of being president, but the longer he stays in the more he takes votes from Huckabee and the better for McCain. He will stay in until after Florida to hurt Huckabee, then withdrawl to wait for McCain to name him vp canidate at the convention.
Regardless of wether or not the surge is working, the war is becoming less of an issue in voter's minds, while the economy becomes worse and worse. This will lead voters to want expereince, which will help McCain esspecially if we nominate a relative novice such as Obama or Edwards. At least Clinton can point to the economy under her husband, when facing a formitable McCain/Thompson ticket.
The point is too many Dems take this year for granted. This might be a very weak GOP field, following years of GOP coruption and scandal, but we haven't won yet. If our team keeps bickering like they did last night, then this could be McCains year. We might even have to hire Chuck Norris to go around calling him old"

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A REPUBLICAN!
THE ROLE THE POLITICAL PARTIES PLAYED IN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
The following is a letter which questions the silence by the media, public schools, and supposed historians on the issues of racism, slavery, oppression in black American history. Do you have an answer? Please let me know!
Dear Ms. McElrath,
I thoroughly enjoy your articles on black American history. As I continue to read I notice an ominous silence on the roles that the major political parties played prior to the Civil War, during "reconstruction" and "southern redemption" and throughout the 20th century in regard to liberating and/or oppressing the newly emancipated slaves.
Would it not be appropriate to point out (?) that (a) the Republican Party was formed for the express purpose of abolishing slavery (b) the Democratic Party fought to keep slavery legal and celebrated the US Supreme Court - Dred Scott -decision (which further legitimized slavery by declaring the African slave to be “property” and not “persons in the legal sense”) and passed out copies of the infamous decision along with their 1860 presidential campaign literature (c) For ten years after the civil war, it was the Republican Party that, through congressional legislation, granted equal rights to blacks - including integrated schools, right to vote, right to run for public office, right to private property, etc. Republicans placed federal troops in the south to protect and defend those rights. (d) Democrats (Nathan Bedford Forrest et al) founded and supported the Ku Klux Klan for decades, passed Jim Crow laws and opposed anti-lynching laws and opposed and oppressed the blacks through the 1960's (e) Democrats pulled federal troops out of the south (southern redemption) to give the KKK full reign to intimidate and terrorize southern blacks and (f) Democrats could not even muster up enough votes to pass the 1964 civil rights bill within their own party, in fact Democrats, such as Robert Byrd filibustered the senate in an effort to defeat the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (legislation that reintroduced civil rights for blacks that had been granted 100 years prior by Republicans and subsequently repealed by Democrats). (g) They were Democrats who blocked black children from attending “white” schools in the 1960’s and who declared that, “…a child born today would not see integrated schools in his lifetime” . (h) Beginning with the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the Democratic Party was clearly a racist, pro-slavery organization.
Historically, it was the Republican Party that was the party of civil rights, equal opportunity and human dignity for the black community. Shouldn't the African-American community be apprised of these facts? Shouldn't the public, in general be made aware as well? How can American citizens (whatever race) make important life decisions such as what political party to support or who to vote for if we don't know anything about the history of the respective political parties?
For more information: www.nbra.info Book: “Setting The Record Straight: American History In Black And White” by David Barton www.wallbuilders.com

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A REPUBLICAN!
THE ROLE THE POLITICAL PARTIES PLAYED IN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY
The following is a letter which questions the silence by the media, public schools, and supposed historians on the issues of racism, slavery, oppression in black American history. Do you have an answer? Please let me know!
Dear Ms. McElrath,
I thoroughly enjoy your articles on black American history. As I continue to read I notice an ominous silence on the roles that the major political parties played prior to the Civil War, during "reconstruction" and "southern redemption" and throughout the 20th century in regard to liberating and/or oppressing the newly emancipated slaves.
Would it not be appropriate to point out (?) that (a) the Republican Party was formed for the express purpose of abolishing slavery (b) the Democratic Party fought to keep slavery legal and celebrated the US Supreme Court - Dred Scott -decision (which further legitimized slavery by declaring the African slave to be “property” and not “persons in the legal sense”) and passed out copies of the infamous decision along with their 1860 presidential campaign literature (c) For ten years after the civil war, it was the Republican Party that, through congressional legislation, granted equal rights to blacks - including integrated schools, right to vote, right to run for public office, right to private property, etc. Republicans placed federal troops in the south to protect and defend those rights. (d) Democrats (Nathan Bedford Forrest et al) founded and supported the Ku Klux Klan for decades, passed Jim Crow laws and opposed anti-lynching laws and opposed and oppressed the blacks through the 1960's (e) Democrats pulled federal troops out of the south (southern redemption) to give the KKK full reign to intimidate and terrorize southern blacks and (f) Democrats could not even muster up enough votes to pass the 1964 civil rights bill within their own party, in fact Democrats, such as Robert Byrd filibustered the senate in an effort to defeat the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (legislation that reintroduced civil rights for blacks that had been granted 100 years prior by Republicans and subsequently repealed by Democrats). (g) They were Democrats who blocked black children from attending “white” schools in the 1960’s and who declared that, “…a child born today would not see integrated schools in his lifetime” . (h) Beginning with the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the Democratic Party was clearly a racist, pro-slavery organization.
Historically, it was the Republican Party that was the party of civil rights, equal opportunity and human dignity for the black community. Shouldn't the African-American community be apprised of these facts? Shouldn't the public, in general be made aware as well? How can American citizens (whatever race) make important life decisions such as what political party to support or who to vote for if we don't know anything about the history of the respective political parties?
For more information: www.nbra.info Book: “Setting The Record Straight: American History In Black And White” by David Barton www.wallbuilders.com