Grading the Voters - Edge to Dems

I must pause here and give my respects to the Democratic electorate (at least the Democrats of Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina and Florida). They have resoundingly told John Edwards that he belongs nowhere near the White House, thus displaying some good sense. Faced with the choice of a soulless political automaton, a saintly cipher, and loathesome phony, Democrats have, in the best traditions of American politics, opted to eliminate the latter and have the former two duke it out.

I can't say I am equally impressed with Republican voters. They have 1) given the populist preacher far too much elevation in standing, 2) they have sent packing two eminently attractive candidates: the tough, results-oriented big city mayor and the measured, good sense-exuding lawyer, a modern day Cal Coolidge, and 3) they have winnowed the field to the plastic businessman and the grandfatherly nanny.