Obviously, we're tickled by the great response and engagement in this sub-forum so far. We are trying a new strategy to promote increased political discussion...namely as it pertains to the daily issues which may come up and which may or may not blow up into bigger events. Let's run 45andbeyond the same way we run the weather side. We will use this catch-all thread as we use the Weather Threats... thread on the weather side, then as more important issues arise, we can branch off into separate threads.