WHAT'S WORSE,

...John Ashcroft losing an election to a dead guy?

or Bush polling behind a person who is "as yet unnamed"?

The "as-yet-unnamed" Democratic presidential nominee has a slight edge over President Bush, according to the latest national Quinnipiac poll.

Almost half of those surveyed -- 48 percent -- said they would support the Democratic candidate, while 44 percent said they would vote for Bush. The poll of 1,232 registered voters, conducted Feb. 26-March 3, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Of course, that unnamed person needs to have a backbone, and hopefully not be named "Joe" or "Richard".