At the risks of setting off Michael on one of his tirades, I have to say he is right on the money. Although, as someone Michael usually labels a "machine Democrat", I think the proper response is tears rather than snickering. What a stupid waste of time and money!

This is why the law was designed to permit ballot access challenges.

Full disclosure requires me to point out that Nadler may be my second favorite member of Congress (my first is Barney Frank, and I also love John Lewis and Gary Ackerman--and lust after Debbie Wasserman Schultz).

In the interest of fairness, I should point out that Kucinich (whose defeat for renomination I profoundly wished for) switched to pro-choice many years ago. He also no longer foments racism to get votes among Cleveland's white ethnics. I thinks his past positions do raise legitimate issues, but once a candidate's outlined the reasons for a sincere conversion on such issues, I think it may be time to cut him some slack. I've know you've done this once or twice yourself.

Whether Dennis the Menance has ever shown such sincerity is a topic for further research, though thankfully not my own, but I must admit he has impecable taste in choosing spouses. Even Sarkozy is jealous (he even leaves Debbie Wasserman Schultz a mere also-ran).