Passion and Confusion in '04

Well, I talked to a tractor-trailer driver this morning at the Coos County (New Hampshire -- sorry no umlaut) Democratic Party HQ -- apparently truckers despise Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, and not just because of their Teamster affiliation. They blame Mineta for lowering the limit on the number of hours drivers can log without a break. (Sadly, the guy got Leon Panetta and Mineta confused, which substantially delayed my comprehension of his point -- never heard those two mixed up before. I reassured him that Leon Panetta would probably not figure into either a Kerry or Bush administration.)

Everybody's got their own anti-christ in the Bush administration.