Good question Ted, maybe we SHOULD revisit a psychological reason:
By Ted Widmer, Sunday, September 21, 2008; Page B01
After a nerve-rattling week in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to the core, here’s a simple question: Why on Earth would anyone want to be president right now?
THIS STORY
Aftershocks: When a New President Inherits a Mess
Monday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m.
ET: Outlook: No White House Honeymoon
[Even in the best of times, it’s a grueling job. But the problems of 2008 seem unusually intractable, and despite the fine talk one sometimes hears about reconciliation, the electorate will be divided no matter who wins in November. Even Bush’s snarkiest critics would have had trouble predicting all the rough weather of the second term, from Hurricane Katrina to the smoldering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the bursting of the housing bubble, the financial meltdown and the Recession That Dare Not Speak Its Name. Would any sane person want to inherit this?…]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902803.html
At 35% of the population in CA, alone, You can bet McCain and Obama are not taking the Hispanic community for granted! Has anyone heard a word about an attempt to woo Asian voters?
Obama, McCain not taking their votes for granted
By Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
[Fred Trujillo and Freddie Torres were pounding the pavement in Dogpatch….]
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/20/obama-mccain-not-taking-hispanic-vote-for/
Colorado remains a battleground state. Again, the Hispanic population could play a role.
Three keys to Colorado turning blue
By J.C. O’CONNELL 8/14/08 8:26 AM
[CBS News Wednesday declared Colorado the state to watch in this year’s presidential race. The network noted that Colorado has slowly been trending toward Democratic candidates and predicted 2008 could be the year this traditionally red state turns blue.
Three key elements will determine whether Colorado’s nine electoral votes go to Barak (sic) Obama or John McCain this fall: Hispanic voter turnout, which way the Denver suburbs vote and a trend toward voters registering as Democrats, according to CBS….]
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/4327/three-keys-to-colorado-turning-blue/
Despite the publication date below, this survey was conducted June 9 to July 13, before the conventions, and just after Clinton suspended. Clinton was the only one of the three against a guest worker program. Therefore, the discussion contained within regarding political candidates is probably irrelevant , but raises the question of why it was published now. Still, this article could serve as an economic touchstone in light of the current situation.
PEW HISPANIC CENTER
Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating
September 18, 2008
[Large Majorities Oppose Most Key Immigration Enforcement Measures…]
This has been going on forever, what are we doing about it?
Indentured servitude in the pines
Rob Inglis | Sep 17, 2008 11:47 AM
[Managing America’s national forests for commercial timber production involves a lot of hard, dirty work — clearing brush, thinning small trees, and replanting areas that have been harvested. It’s work that native-born Americans aren’t exactly lining up to do. And so the Forest Service, like so many other organizations, has found itself relying on immigrant labor….]
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/indentured-servitude-in-the-pines
Historic land and water wars, are a main source of western quirkiness, so to know where coordinants stand, usually merits an eye crinkle:
WRITERS ON THE RANGE
Nailing down the heart of Montana
ESSAY – September 16, 2008
By Cathy Moser
Everyone in Lewistown, Mont., used to know that the heart of the state was under Mrs. Dockery’s kitchen sink. The prairie town’s claim to host Montana’s geographic center has been unabashedly celebrated, debated and defended since 1912.
http://www.hcn.org/wotr/nailing-down-the-heart-of-montana
I Own My Vote, PUMAPac, The Denver Group, Just Say No Deal
Grab and Keel 
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