Democratic Presidential hopefuls are not doing the job that voters elected them to do.

Imagine a job where you can spend much of your time looking for a better job.

Several members of Congress have that kind of work.

They're running for president while still on the payrolls of the House or Senate.

And when these Democrats are raising campaign money in Los Angeles and New York or shaking hands in Iowa or New Hampshire, they're missing votes back in Washington.

So far this year, Rep. Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri leads the pack, missing 24 votes, or 62 percent of those cast in the House, according to an analysis done, for obvious reasons, by the Republican National Committee.

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has missed 20 votes, or 53 percent. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut has missed 15 votes, or 39 percent.

Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina has missed seven votes, or 18 percent. Sen. Bob Graham of Florida has missed two votes, or 5 percent.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has not missed any votes.

Gephardt has missed better than 60%. If I missed 1% of my work I'd be out tomorrow. Here's my favorite quote:

"Running for president is a full-time job," said Chris Lehane, a spokesman for Kerry. "We're campaigning full-time. We'll do what we can and need to do in terms of votes when they actually need the senator."

How about John F. Kerry resigns his position in the Senate and runs full time like you wish Mr. Lehane.