Was this really necessary? Shame on both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards ... for starters!

Yeesh! And just yesterday, my brother Richard in Connecticut was trying to argue that we really have no heavyweights in the presidential race yet. Maybe he's right! With an open mike picking up Clinton and Edwards conspiring to limit the debates, etc. to only persons of their calibre (whatever that is), the oh-so-early debates and campaign are becoming even more irrelevant.

But whatever, in a Democracy, all of the candidates are at least as relevant as all others ... right, Dennis Kucinich? Right, Ron Paul?