[Psalm 73]

"I believe it was the lies of 500 Bush-hating books....,"

I don't think they swayed many people who didn't already have an irrational hatred for Bush.
45% of the voters would have pulled the lever with a "D" next to it even if they were running a rutabega for president (oh wait, that would have been Algore in 2000).
I think we could have gotten a good part of the remaining 3%, I mean we're in the middle of a war (with a decent economy) for cryin' out loud.
I'm sorry, but I'm with Coulter on this one.

[kevkrom]

45% of the voters would have pulled the lever with a "D" next to it even if they were running a rutabega for president (oh wait, that would have been Algore in 2000). I think we could have gotten a good part of the remaining 3%

Looking at historical numbers (ignore Perot '92), the GOP seems to have an absolute floor of about 40%, the 'rats have about 43%. The battle is over the remaining 17% (minus those who vote for third party losers candidates) -- GWB won that battle 11-5-1.