Just a note that I've deactivated the Bush-Rice ad on the right. Here's why:

1. Budget Deficit Headed for New Dollar High - As a fiscal conservative, Bush has presided over one of the largest explosions of the budget deficit in history. I have no problem with the expense of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanstan. What I do have a problem with is Bush's corporate welfare policies in which large businesses are subsidized by the federal government.

2. The Bush Amnesty program - No, not forgiving Prescott Bush for his Nazi sympathies, but the 8th illegal immigrant amnesty since 1986. We believe that it is bad for the economy and hurts lower income and middle income people the most. Why is it that Republicans favor laissez-faire policies in goods but not in labor? Government needs to keep its nose out of labor by allowing wages to rise when people don't want to do a job for any reason. That's the way the market is supposed to function: salaries rise, increasing the supply of the labor until a balance is reached. If strawberries cost a nickle more a pint, consumers can deal with it. It's capitalism pure and simple.

3. No WMDs, and the admin's stalling on spanking US Intel. If the spooks screwed up, find out why and fix it. It's not just the body count in Iraq - it's the body count on 9-11. Our intel cannot be trusted at this time, making it impossible for us as citizens to support anything the administration advocates in the future.

4. 3,000,000 jobs lost. I've lost two of them - and am damned tired of collecting unemployment benefits instead of paying for them.

5. Collapsing health care system. I'm sorry, but the administration has to invade America and make it a safe place to be sick or injured in. Health care is just as much a right to every American as national defense.

Does this mean that I will now vote for Dean? Don't count on it. I still haven't ruled Bush out - but at this point my vote is up for grabs.