Gary Hart

The former Democratic senator from Colorado formally announced as a candidate for president.

Last Sunday's Des Moines Register poll showed him with 65% of the Democratic vote.

I was tempted to introduce the next first lady of the United States, but I'll simply say the best wife any candidate ever had, Lee Hart.

I've made some mistakes.

I've said so.

I said I would because I'm human.

And I did.

Maybe big mistakes, but not bad mistakes.

I also propose some massive overhauls of our income tax system to shelter those at the bottom against the ravages both of inflation and the tax, unfair tax system we have.

I believe I would have been a successful candidate.

And I know I could have been a very good president, particularly for these times.

But apparently now we'll never know.

We're all going to be soon rephrasing Jefferson to say, I tremble for my country when I think we may in fact get the kind of leaders we deserve.

Some things may be interesting.

but that doesn't necessarily mean they're important.