Bernard Weiner's article on the DU cover page today admits...

[whistle]

...that the Democratic Party has all but given up fighting for the election:

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"Clearly, one society (SE Asian Countries) cares about electoral integrity, the other doesn't. And in America, largely because the out-of-power party has ABDICATED its role as a true opposition, we'll likely have to suffer four more years of greed unleashed, imperial wars launched, repression increased, privatization of more and more social programs, humongous debts incurred, probably a large economic recession or even depression - and all because we didn't fight hard enough to guarantee honest elections."

This is so sad, I just want to let out a primal scream to relieve my pain. Well, our party may have given up, but the democratic voters have not. Howard Dean, I'm coming over.