It's tough not to feel very let down by the congressional cave-in on Iraq war funding. We'll see how the immediate disenchantment carries over into the 2008 election cycle. Bad news for all Democratic candidates. Yet Jason from Tacoma suggests to me that even the right-wingnutters aren't a cinch to turn out in large numbers for the G.O.P. Here's what he found on the wingnutter site Maxed Out Mama : "What we need are candidates with much broader experience than our current frontrunners. We want governors. We want people with some expertise in making things work. We don't need to hit home runs, we just need to keep getting runners on base. Right now the whole country seems stalled. If it takes an Independent candidate to accomplish that, I'm all for it and I am not alone in my frustration." Note that Mitt Romney apparently doesn't qualify as a governor with "some expertise in making things work."!! Where's Ross Perot when we need him!