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The Flip Side You Missed
Mark Eby — (archived)

Did you think this doesn't apply to the other guy? When the parties give you a choice beteen mediocre and worse, or bad and worse you have to accept some bad may come of either choice. The Democrats need to get their heads out of their asses and realize the real reasons they lost an election they should have won by most measures of election prediction. They totaly screwed up nullifying the major traditional predictor (commander in chief) in Bush's favor.

Bush won a huge majority of those who placed the war on terror as their top issue including me and Gary despite my many many misgivings on Bush and Gary's Demcoratic leanings. The polls showed this weas going to be a key issue and Demcorats were just plain stupid to select someone most people would not support on that issue. A roughly 50% margin on the #1 issue for about 20 % of the people is a 10% advantage. While it's a safe bet not everyone voted on that issue alone I think it's safe to say it weighed heavily on enough people to account for most of the 3% margin of victory.

Regards,
Mark

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