RJ
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« on: November 08, 2008, 09:56:55 PM » |
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First of all, Obama and Kerry on paper were/are essentially the same candidate. I'll probably be the only one you'll ever hear say this, but I liked Kerry better than Obama. Barack won me over during the campaign; I was ready to vote for Hillary during the primary until I saw more footage on Obama and Richardson(who I really liked) endorsed him.
Kerry would have won in 2008 and Obama would have lost in 2004. You could also flip Bush and McCain in the last 2 elections and gotten similar results, McCain I would figure outperforming Bush slightly in a given election. I don't think Kerry ran that bad of a campaign. He was dealt a bad hand with a nonfactor like Edwards as his running mate in addition to Iraq taking center stage. Biden proved to be more effective than Edwards. McCain also got a raw deal. I bet he was ready to kick Bush and Paulsen in the ass for that bailout business right in the middle of campaign season along with the fact that the electorate was mad as hell at the GOP.
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