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  •  I think he is better than either of those men (none / 0)

    I spoke to my grandmother this afternoon.  She voted for Bush in spite of my pleas and entreaties.  She says if Kerry were to run again, she would vote for him and she hopes he'd win.  She'd want to him to have 'his turn'.

    That now makes three Bush voters in my immediate circle.

    This is only anecdotal, but I believe it taps into Americans' fundamental conservatism.  They were getting to know John Kerry, they were getting to like John Kerry.  They were afraid to vote for him.

    Nixon was not popular with the Republican "base" so much as he was respected.  John Kerry is respected.  He is a statesmen.  

    But I remain open to his run with a gladdened heart.

    Stephanie Dray
    of Jousting for Justice, a lefty blog with a Maryland tilt.

    by stephdray on Tue Nov 09, 2004 at 05:02:24 PM PDT

    •  One of the things we had to run against (4.00 / 2)

      this year that we wouldn't have had 9/11 not happen is the comfortability factor.  The fact that people knew GWB (good or bad) worked in his favor, because of the electorate stockholm syndrome (of course, that Americans don't vote out incumbant war Presidents probably worked against us too).  When Kerry got free media (conventions and debates), he always polled better afterwards and people were getting more comfortable with him as time went on.  

      "The way the loser loses will determine whether the winner wins in November." -- Rahm Emanuel

      by Newsie8200 on Tue Nov 09, 2004 at 05:24:36 PM PDT

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