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Fly in the Ointment?

Thus far, few seem enthusiastic about the "leading" R or D presidential candidates. All of them have major flaws for both their party's base and general electorate.

We seem to live in post-traumatic times, when the nation -- while still prosperous -- does not know what it stands for. The Iraq quagmire, once sold as a cakewalk, feels more and more like Vietnam revisited.

Few pols speak their minds, opting for poll-driven calibration for debating points that amount to nothing. Nothing changes, not even trends. Our politics are Balkanized.

So this development seems especially interesting. Hagel/Bloomberg or Bloomberg/Hagel has the potential to schism the moribund GOP especially. Real, well-spoken pros with a lot of cash makes the Perot phenomenon seem like the opening act for a major shift.

It could be that today's dull political landscape is merely the eye of the storm.

Stay tuned.

- Robert Capozzi

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