Discussion: The REPUBLICAN Party XI

[Marx]

...looking back on it, Kerry was a joke of a candidate and I do not believe he ever truly could've won.

[WildcatNC]

Originally Posted by Matt

And because you want to believe that you ignore that Kerry could've beat Bush if not for 9/11 and the fact that we were at the beginning of a recession rather than in the midst of one. Things didn't really get bad until early 2006.

IMO Kerry lost because he let the Republicans define him. He was weak on the campaigning aspect, ie. charisma, speaking, ads, etc.

I agree about 9/11 but I think Kerry and his campaign being incompetent had more to do with it than the economy at the time.

I'm still unconvinced Romney will pull the Evangelical south as heavily in a general as a normal R candidate once they find out more about Mormons (which i'm sure they are pretty ignorant of atm.)

I'm not sure that Obama won't beat him handily. Obama is the best campaigner out there atm. We'll know more once they are both really geared up and going at it.

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