No joke. I read several Democratic listservers, sites, etc, etc, and there are thousands of irate notes from the other campaigns. This has generated more interest and energy from them, so maybe it makes the whole thing more competitive. Hey, don't shoot me, I'm only repeating what I've read. If Howard Dean wants us all to visit the White House, fine, but we want to cast ballots first. That's a quote from an article in Salon magazine.