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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (9590)	1/31/2004 11:12:01 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10965

Bring it on. Bush can try to attack Kerry on personal issues like his wife's wealth all he wants, but that's not what voters care about and it will just make Bush look sexist and petty. Dean would be toast against Bush on the national security issue alone, but add in the tax hikes, waffling, gaffes about Osama, Hamas and Saddam, gay rights advocacy, confederate flags, dean's records locked up, etc. DEan would lose 45 out of 50 states to Bush I am sure. Kerry can actually beat Bush, but he will need someone like Edwards to grab a few key states. Clark and Richardson are also possibilities as are one of the Florida senators. If Kerry wins five out of seven in Tuesday it's all over. Dean can talk about Michigan all he wants but even if he were lucky to win it by a small margin it's just a caucus and the delegates aren't even binding. Besides, it's Kerry getting the new union endorsements now.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (9590)	1/31/2004 3:29:38 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 10965

Ann, way back in 1992 there was a man named Ross Perot who campaigned with graphs and charts. He did manage to garner 19% of the votes but he did not go beyond that. he did not win the White House. Now this is not to say that you are not in this 19%. We are. But the question is whether campaigning that way is enough to win. The American electorate needs things to put in very simple terms to them. It is like Tom Dashcle who dramatized the tax cut and the benefit it brought for the middle class when he held a public conference and shoed a muffler which is what the tax cut would buy for a middle class family. So Dean may be very good with his ways etc. But is that what makes him electable? If you and I sit out the elections because Dean is not the nominee, then the wrong person remains in there. The contest is not between Kerry and Dean it is between the Democratic perty nominee and the Republican party nominee which is Bush.