WI: Senator Kerry Killed

[12th Doctor]

I think both sides would back off campaigning for a few days, Edwards would select Clark as his running mate and sympathy for the Dems allows the Dems to cruise to victory.


Edwards/Clark--56% 386 EV
Bush/Cheney--43% 152 EV

Why?  No one gave a sh**t about John Kerry.  With the top of the ticket gone, there would be no one left to vote for.  If Edwards wouldn't lose votes, he sure as Hell wouldn't gain any either.

Sympathy votes only work for incumbents, either way.

[12th Doctor]

Acctually, political analysts who were watching the race said that Coleman had a pretty good shot anyway and was polling close to Wellstone.  People in Minnesota liked Wellstone, but he had broken several of his key promises from the first time he ran.

1) I will never run a negative campaign.

Which is what he did against Coleman.

2) I will not run for a third term.

He was running for his third term.

3) I forget what the exact sum was, but he said he would never raise more than a certain amount of money.

He raised and spent nearly twice that against Coleman.