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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doo who wrote (908)	12/10/2003 3:39:17 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

you may be right, however... if that seems to be an issue for you... it might relieve you to consider that the popular vote in the past three presdential elections has gone in favor of candidates who hold the same views on equality in merit and ability that you and i hold. i haven't ever heard the issue raised publicly, or if it was, i haven't ever heard these views on equality in merit and ability publicly scorned. OTOH, colli-fornia just elected someone who was accused of mistreatment of women and it didn't hurt his electability. obviously, other factors carry much more weight with voters.

To: Doo who wrote (908)	12/10/2003 6:07:36 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

it's what the folks think in the Southern part of this country that counts in this election. I'm curious why you would say that. Personally I think the south has been the tail wagging the dog for the entire US for the last 4 years, only because Bush has supporters there. Looking at the last election from the CNN website, it appears that these states, outside of the south went Bush but were within 4 points: Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee (I guess TN is the hard south? not sure). There was an 8 pt Bush victory in AZ. I would start with those states if I were Dean. NV and AZ are very environmentally conscience with the whole Los Alamos history, I'll bet there is some weakness for Bush there. If I were the Dean campaign I would look at Louisiana because the dem victory in the gov race leads me to believe a dem can win there in 04 for president. The republican by all accounts based on endorsements should have had the governors office and didn't get it. I don't think there is much democrats can do about the god guns and gays vote in the south. At least Dean can speak to the gun crowd but the gay marriage thing cancels that out. Bush will try to play gay marriage because with his record, what else can he do but try to divide the country on his social paranoia. Here's a funny swag on why Gore likes Dean. Dean's Internet dynamism among attractions for Gore siliconvalley.com