that sinking feeling

The democrats are going to succumb to an orgy of fratricide brought on by the choice between Hilary Clinton, a woman who has the brains and determination but who lacks all else, and Al Gore, who is the only person in either party who is qualified to be President. The republicans will run John McCain, who will easily win and continue the Republican policies of wealth redistribution and authoritarianism at home, and belligerent intervention abroad, to the dismay of liberals who will vehemently object (to no avail), and many moderates, who will say nothing. Conservatives, as usual, will display their peculiar (and characteristic) combination of bitterness, retribution and gloating.