by Janie Lee, M.Ed. [courtesy of Blog for America]

I am registered a Democrat, but I am actually an independent. 

 What bothers me is that our parties do not stand for what they say their real party platforms are.  I don't want government or health care pushed on me or anyone else either, what I want is a free government where we have the right to work together to build a better community where we can all live together and get our real needs met and no one has to go without or be worked to death.

Kentucky is one of the changingest places that I know of, there is room for growth and people know it.  Change can often be good if it is the right kinds of change.  It can also serve to be bad if it isn't. 

I honestly think that what our country needs is some stability for a while, no major changesk, but some time to look back and reconsider where we are going now that Bush has been in office for two terms.  I finally see him doing some things that I like at the end of his term, but I didn't vote for him I voted for Gore. 

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

In their debate tonight at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Republican presidential candidates are expected to tap dance around President Bush like nervous auditionees for "A Chorus Line." Of course, they are all thrilled to be associated with Reagan, the "Great Communicator," who mirrored Bush in his incompetence but had a knack for staying out of trouble politically. 

GOP candidates could take a cue from Gov. Schwarzenegger's post-partisan playbook, the San Diego Union Tribune editorialized today. While Arnold has hisflaws, he at least recognizes the complexity of the issues, the Tribunegoes on to say. For his part, Schwarzenegger has told candidates theyought to stop trying to distance themselves from Bush and simply statetheir positions clearly and honestly. Regardless, it's looking more andmore like voters will "clearly and honestly" return a Democrat to theWhite House in 2008.