I COMPLETLY agree with Larry. I wanted to like Kerry better and I did vote for him, but I didn't have a lot of faith in what he would bring us. But, he was better than the alternative. The democrats lost a lot of votes, IMO, by not having a stronger candidate.
Angel, we CAN have unlimited people on our ballot. It's just that so few people want to "throw away their vote" that it's not worth the campaign expense.
The rest of the world must think that the Americans got what they deserve -- if we're not smart enough to elect ourselves out of this leadership, then too bad for us.