It was conservative country last time, too, Dave, and it wasn't jobs, jobs, jobs, the economy stupid that did them in.

What I want to see is America doing all the things it can do instead of employing wedge politics which are self-defeating over time.

Correct me: it's not so much GOP "going further to the left" as the party now generally favouring moderates over the formerly ascending Tea Party.

I'm not much of a wine drinker. Wine industry is one of the biggest frauds foisted on the world. The "best" wine is the one you like.