Opebo, You first map is NOT realistic at all. As I said Kerry was MUCH better than Edwards and Sanford better than Bush. So that map would never happen.
Honestly I don't see how any other Southern Right-wing Relgious can be 'better than Bush'. Bush had the 9/11/knee-jerk patriotism/warmongering thing going for him, and I don't see that lasting forever. I think there will be very significant theocrat fatigue by 2008.
Bush also had alot of stuff that could be used aginst him, Like Iraq, His Speaking Style, His IQ.........
Oh I think that worked to his advantage as the enormous intellectually-challenged vote went to Bush. They thought Kerry was hoity-toity for pronouncing nuclear correctly.
And obviously Iraq also worked in Bush's favour, as the same group of people who says 'nooculer' thought it was Iraq that knocked down those buildings.
"I would think Bush's campaign could afford to hire quite a bit of help. I would be looking not for a lot of money, just enough so that I could postpone looking for a 'real job' for a few months. "--opebo, jan. 26, 2004