in putting this on the baseball board? ;-) There is a lot of food for thought in your post and while I may be reading too much between the lines I think there are some other insights if people read closely and think. I hope things do not get worse before they get better but, that is dependent on the design and effectiveness of the search for the next President and the actions of the next domino. I expect the process to be under a microscope, especially given what has transpired the last six months. I agree with you that momentum can be regained but, the window has been significantly compressed. The irony is that in some ways the last six months is a reflection of the last six years that got VT to this point