If US leftists learn to leave it at that, it will be a great leap forward. Far from giving up on the presidency as a lost cause, many of them volunteer for flak operations against anyone -- inside or outside the Democratic Party -- who doesn't have Master Class approval but tries to use presidential elections to advocate for causes -- such as the end to the Iraq War and socialized medicine -- that the Master Class oppose. In the end, all US leftists support is an empire with a higher minimum wage. :-0 -- Yoshie