Well, during the quadrennial disappearance of all political activity for 12 to 18 months every four years, one has to have something to gossip about to fill the time. Elections? Spears? New spring fashions? Almost anything will do until politics kicks in again sometime in mid-2009.
CArrol
^^^^^ CB: Don"t forget state and local elections , and interim Congressional elections. There is never any political activity in the U.S. Obama must be the perfect candidate for America: an empty politician for an empty polity.