>But say Feingold should be elected. Now we know already that useful
>political activity will cease from around December 2007 til February or
>March 2009. The chief result of electing a "left" Democrat would be that
>this period of inactivity would be extended until late in 2009, while
>potential activists held their breath waiting (vainly) for the new
>president to do something useful.
This is a genuine question: does your view of political activity involve electing anyone to office, or does the whole thing have to be junked?
Doug