Surf Control

It may be that Kerry described the soldiers as kids, because from the perspective of his age and given the life experience he has attained in the intervening years that he considers that time as distant as his own childhood. From the perspective of a man his age, those between the years of say 18-22, are kids. YES, at that age you are legally allowed to drink, gamble and fight wars and are adults, but from the eyes of a man that is a generation old

Scandals: rather than being completely random, consider allowing political capital to be used "digging dirt". This would allow a weighted random factor to be introduced at the expense of other options. More experienced politicians probably have better mechanisms for this anyhow. Rivals with low integrity scores would be more likely to be "caught with their pants down", or have events in their past resurface. A successful scandal would be tied

First campaign game. Made it past Al Gore Barely, then got to Clinton who keeps blowing me away. Using Condeleza Rice, who doesn't seem to be able to keep pace (apparently lack of endurance) and my lack of significant fund raising techniques, can get an early lead but then get slaughtered by the campaign ads and not enough voter recognition. Best I managed was 213 electoral votes (not sure how to get a screenshot). Read t