Dismal Republican policies have fueled the current ability of Democrats to recruit good people to run for offices, and the ability to raise campaign money for races. Republican destruction of constitutional law, budgetary deficit disaster, political corruption, immoral war, and destruction of international reputation should each by themselves justify throwing the bums out. If it was not so expensive to run a successful campaign, perhaps past elections would have had many more good candidates run for office and provide a more balanced government. Can a party that purportedly represents the poor and working class continue to generate the huge piles of money that have been the key advantage of the right rich republicans for years? I believe we need publicly financed elections, so we are likely to get good crops of excellent candidates in the future.