Over the Top

If you don't think we're heading for the dirtiest political campaign in the history of mankind, take a look at this. It's a Shockwave video of a political spot on the Dennis Kucinich website. I liked some of the Kucinich speeches I heard a few months ago. Lately though, you get the feeling he knows he has zero chance of winning the presidency, and that his assigned role in the campaign is to throw the mud so the real candidates can keep their hands relatively clean.

Lately, Republicans have been trying to label everyone who opposes their boy as a "Bush-hater" and suggesting it's as bad as Clinton-hating ever was in this country. I don't think it's there yet. But give it time…