That's an idea that I love and HATE at the same time, with multiple reasons for each. I love that I would get to hear what everyone thinks and love that it wou

That's an idea that I love and HATE at the same time, with multiple reasons for each. I love that I would get to hear what everyone thinks and love that it would be confined to one place. I hate that it would likely incite lots of ugly, ugly comments, and that it would probably draw the useful, civil comments out of context of other threads where they would be appropriate. Politics can be so divisive and get so heated that even people who are interested are afraid to talk about it in public. I think the problem is that a political party or candidate is a very low-bandwidth symbol that loses most of the information contained in that choice. The fact that a Mormon, a woman, and a black guy are running means that any vote can be interpreted as discrimination against the group not chosen. For example, if you told me you voted for John Edwards, should I assume you like his economic populism or that you're too narrow minded for a black or woman president? If you vote for a Republican, does that mean you are a homophobe? It's like trying to express everything you believe about anything, the moral, ethical, and intellectual debates you have inside into two bits (party, candidate). That's a hard problem.