While I believe Clintonism is detrimental to the dem party, I'd also like to point out that kerry did get a lot more votes in '04 than algore did in '00, but Bush did far better. Both party michines cranked out more '04 votes. That said, keep in mind that the dems have lost pretty consitantly in congress. I'm not sure how to read these tea leaves.
WOW......I shoulda used spellcheck, or at least looked at the keyboard whilst pecking.