<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=0 leftMargin=3 topMargin=0 rightMargin=3> <DIV><SPAN class=sub>Perlstein says that was part of the fear.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=sub></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=sub>Last post of the day, promise.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>-- Shane</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Ohio debacle and the death of our civic life<BR>It's Mourning in America<BR>by Rick Perlstein</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0444/perlstein.php">http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0444/perlstein.php</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>