>If it were entirely up to the MTV generation - our government would be run by pop stars, movie stars, pro-wrestlers, talk-show hosts, and pop athletes.
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FWIW, my 18-year-old son, voting in his first election, spent about half a Saturday on-line checking out the candidates, reading their websites and other sites to determine who he wanted to vote for. My guess is that he did more research than 80% of voters.

Tamar