From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu 28 Nov 2002 - 03:54:42 GMT
> > >>On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 06:26 , Scott Chase wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>With help from Nader, I assume.
> > >>
> > >>Nope. Gore lost it all by himself. Pushing Ralph in front of that is
> > >>a piss-poor excuse, not that people won't make it.
> > >>
> > >>And the trend to losing continued into the last election, where,
> > >>again, it wasn't that the republicans won, but the democrats just
> > >>didn't really show up.
> > >>
> > >>The exception, as always, was here in Massachusetts, where there are
> > >> hardly _any_ republicans _to_ show up, and the majority of the
> > >>candidates elected actually run _unopposed_. (The reason I am
> > >>registered republican in this state is not because of some itching
> > >>political allegiance, but because I like fairness and equilibrium in
> > >>all things, because I come from a strong two-party state, and was
> > >>shocked at the state of compliance and apathy here. Then again, as
> > >>Will Rogers would sort of say, 'it's easy to belong to no organized
> > >>party- register as a Democrat'. I side with the underdog party here,
> > >>not with any ideology represented, if there really is one. And,
> > >>registering within one party in no way demands that I vote for the
> > >>candidates of that party. In fact, I have only voted for the person
> > >>who actually won two times. Oh well....)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >1. Over half a million more people voted for Gore than Bush. Gore won
> > >the popularity contest.
> > >
> > >2.In Florida Nader got 97,488 votes. Add these to Gore's total and we
> > >come up with 3,009,741 votes. Buchanan got 17,484 votes. Add this to
> > >Bush's total and we get 2,930,274 votes. Cut Nader's share in half
> > >and add it to Gore's total and we still get 2,960,997 votes. With
> > >Bush getting all of Buchanan's votes Gore still takes Florida.
> > >
> > >I guess I should play around with the other states and see what
> > >happens. I'm sure Bush played well with all the corn states. Ready to
> > >get "Footloose" with our "faith based" initiatives?
> > >
> > >
> > I based the above on figures abstracted from:
> >
> > http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/popular_vot
> > e_2000.html
> >
What the Democrats had better start worrying about is the fact that the
party has no leadership right now. They only have two years to get their
act together and produce a leader. Gore doesn't even believe in himself
right now and while Joe Biden looks statesman-like, he hasn't shown himself
as someone who can lead the whole country. I can't think of a single
Democrat who seems capable of doing the job. Nobody is producing the issues
that will overturn the Bush administration except Bush himself. Wno will
take that ball and run with it? Nobody of the Democratic persuasion seems
positioned to step in and lead the cheering crowds to victory. Nobody.
Grant
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