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To: michael97123 who wrote (51520)	6/24/2004 3:04:17 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) of 793896

Mike, I agree that McCain would present a better "image" than Cheney but unless Cheney decides to bow out, he's there for the duration. As for Bush governing with "only" 45% of the vote, well, Bill Clinton managed with less than that in the 1992 election: he got 42.93% of the popular vote but 370 EC votes. Bush I got 37.38% of the popular vote and won 168 EC votes. Perot won 18.87% of the popular vote and no EC votes. Abolishing the EC would definitely assist the rise of multiple parties and probably lead to "coalition" governments in order to get anything done. Do we want that? A personal anecdote: I cannot remember if I voted for Bush or Gore in 2000. I do remember being in the voting booth trying to decide, thinking there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between them. I think I voted for Bush as a kind of protest vote - living in NJ, you KNOW who's gonna take that state - but I'm just not sure. But this time around, it's perfectly obvious that there's more than a dime's worth of difference between the candidates, and I know who I'll be voting for.

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