The more I hear about Howard Dean, the more I'd like to see him get the Democratic nomination in '04. He signed the civil unions law in Vermont. He and his wife are both doctors, so I tend to trust him more on health care (until such time as I understand the situation well enough to make my own judgement). He thinks we've got about the right amount of gun control in this contry. He wants to repeal most of Bush's tax cut. He's against the war (though that position alone may make him unelectable).

But he'd also make it possible to re-use a gag from a comic I saw (I think it was in The Australian) during the 2000 race. A guy was surveying a bunch of signs that said "Gore" and "Bush," and he remarked, "No matter who wins, Americans will still call their president a four-letter word."