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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (119325)	12/24/2000 1:42:56 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I enjoyed reading your analysis. I suspect Gore failed to address what you cited because both candidates were competing for a rather narrow class of swing voters. In other words, while some middle-class Democrats have moved away from the Democratic Party for the reasons you described, they can easily shift back to the Democratic Party in four years if the economy sours. On the other hand, it is the Republicans who face a larger task, namely, of reaching out to minorities. As the nation becomes less white, it will also become less Republican (California, New Mexico, for example). I don't see how GWB can attract more minorities without a necessary negative reaction from the right wing. Re: Gore ... I think you may be right. I think if Gore had to do it all over again, he might have had more success trumpeting traditional Democratic issues rather than counter-punching Bush's platform point by point.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (119325)	12/24/2000 9:41:39 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

How about: Had Gore made a traditional liberal appeal about " universal health insurance, public financing of public elections, anti-union labor laws, consumer protections, renewable energy, corporate crime, welfare, WTO-NAFTA, the death penalty, the drug war, affordable housing, and child poverty", there would have been absolutely no need for any recounts- -he would have enjoyed the fate of George McGovern. Remember him? Remember his campaign? You seem to think that these are things people really want if they are just offered the opportunity to have the federal government provide them. Don't underestimate us. We're not that stupid. We can see the consequences.