You are right about Gore. But I believe that Kerry *did* get New Mexico, but we won't know it till the provisional ballots are counted. There were some... irregularities... here, to put it mildly.
The Republican strategy appeared to be forcing large numbers of voters to use provisional ballots, and due to organizational screwups by Democrats they succeeded. For instance.....I saw this myself... our lawyers did not have a precinct list... stupid, stupid, stupid. When they sent people over to get some, I could only make two copies for the entire city of Albuquerque, because it was judged more important to xerox the canvassing script. Why both were not done well ahead of time I really do not know. The entire enterprise really could have used a Gantt chart... Doh. On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:57:14 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. Kerry didn't get New Mexico, didn't that go Gore last time around? > > Gore got 266 last time right? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: here we go > > Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think many things lost him a few votes here and there. > > > > He is from Massachusetts, where gays can get married. > > He is Catholic. > > People still hear in their minds "Taxachusetts" whenever they hear > Massachusetts > > His anti-Vietnam testimony > > His wife sounds foreign > > I don't think so - Mr. Kerry picked up everything that Mr. Gore got > and then he added New Hampshire. > > This election came down to the ground war that Karl Rove announced - > he was going to focus on his base and work the evangelicals to get an > extra 4 million. > > The Dems said they were going to work the undecideds and the youth vote. > > When the tallies were counted, the Dems got their goals and the > Republicans exceeded theirs. > > I really think this election came down to the ground war and getting > those that hadn't voted to vote. The new voters were basically > decided, but they just needed motivation to get there. some of the > items you list may have done that. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134311 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
