Im moving the discussions on Presidnetial Canididates here for now. Love to get my fellow scientists opinions on the candidates. I have been reading about the grassroots idea of creating a "presidential debate" on science only. You can view the website here.

http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/

also a editorial in Nature this week questioning the validity of such a debate.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7179/full/451605a.html

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Here is a link to a very interesting article regarding public health policy (Surgeon General) and political aspirations. An important question to ask is which candidate would use public health policy to forward political goals, and not for the good health of the nation.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785910314

Omai