Republican Revolution.....

[zachman]

If the democrats do lose this time I think the Republican revolution could hold- but only if Bush acts responsively, and I don't think he ever will.

[zachman]

We got real lucky that the 1960 electoral vote total wasn't reversed. Remember the dems. need to win by more than .5% so there is a high chance we will have a backwards election.

[zachman]

The opposition party can change on cultural issues if they do not have the incumbent president. Thats how the Republicans started to turn after Goldwater.

[zachman]

Although all the predictions of Dean being beaten in a landslide, would have been false. Although in terms of EVs Dean just wouldn't have been there.

[zachman]

    I think it was Dean's supporters that scared people. If his media line was just "You have the power to take America back," he would have done much better. Instead people were scared by the people cheering at his quotes about Bush. The same thing has happened to John Kerry in the last month. The cheering and laughing at Bush's flip-flopper line makes me even more scared of Bush. Its a tough balance to have a completely positive approach.