[Sailor Steve]

I don't really believe Mitt Romney will be the next president. I voted for him because of the Utah connection. I'm actually one of the few people who didn't like the job he did with the 2002 Olympics.


A side-note on the 'Dynasty' thing:

George Washington, the first president, was from Virginia. His Secretary of State was a fellow Virginian, Thomas Jefferson. Washington had no party, but is usually identified with the Federalists, led by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

John Adams, Washington's Vice President, beat Jefferson, which made Adams President and Jefferson VP. Adams also had no party, but he won the election mainly due to the Federalists.

In 1800 Jefferson beat Adams, and became the third President. Aaron Burr of New York was his VP. His Secretary of State was fellow Virginian James Madison. Madison did the grass-roots groundwork to get Jefferson elected, and Hamilton accused them of forming the first real party. Jefferson believed in the republic, so they called themselves Republicans.

In 1804 Jefferson was re-elected. His new VP was George Clinton.

In 1808 James Madison was elected President, and re-elected in 1812.

In 1816 James Monroe was elected, and again in 1820.

In 1824 John Quincy Adams was elected President. He had been a Federalist, but switched loyalties. Federalists didn't like him much because of that, but my main point here is that they thought him a welcome relief after six terms and twenty years of what they called the "Virginia Dynasty" (eight terms and twenty-eight years if you count Washington).

So again it's all in the eye of the beholder.