I loves me some Knopfler. Saw him two summers ago at Red Rocks: excellent.

I agree that Paul would be a welcome surprise, but Brownback??? Maybe he's good on guns, but otherwise... ugh. Personally, I'm pulling for Richardson, who seems to be the best of a bad lot (although I'll still probably vote for whoever the Libertarians put up). I think Richardson's got a better shot at winning than most people realize too.

Never saw him live. Had a pal way back who really turned me onto his stuff. My pal used to play a lot of his tunes at his gigs & when I'd sit in he'd force feed me Knopfler (as well as Prine & Morrison, etc..). Not sure where he got his style from but partially my hybrid finger-pickin'/using-a-pick style comes from him (& the classical stuff I was doing in college, the old style blues I grew up on & the attempts to keep quiet practicing on a tour bus, etc..). Knopfler is fun as hell to play; makes me almost wish I was a guitarist again.

I know; brownback ain't my first choice overall but he's way more pro-gun that giuliani or mccain. & since this is at least on the surface a gun blog...

But yeah, I'll probably end up dropping the lever for a Libertarian or a Constituion Pary candidate if I can find the motivation to hit the booth at all that day. It just doesn't look good for pro-gun candidates which is a shame cause there are a few of them.

& Richardson - I dunno. Between hillary & Obama I don't think the press will even realize he's alive. & w/o the press he doesn't have much of a shot in the primary. I do hope I'm wrong though.