Why We Lost - to be continued



CNN is reporting this.

We should salute John Kerry for the strong race he ran, and for his gracious common sense in declining to challenge to an all-but-insurmountable deficit of over 130,000 votes.

I have some thoughts about why we lost. If I were to list them in order, I would say:

(1) gay marriage;
(2) fear of terrorism/Osama bin Laden tape;
(3) Republican GOTV successes; and
(4) over-rationalizing and over-estimating the lingering effects of Gore's loss in 2000.

But I want to chew on this for awhile. I'll be back next week after an internet-free vacation - my wife and I are leaving on an airplane shortly to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary in the California wine country.

Blogging will resume some time next week.

Posted: Wed - November 3, 2004 at 11:35 AM        

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