Gee: What ever happened to Ramsey Clark and International Answer?
SHHHH! Don't wake a sleeping dog. They don't get it and that's OK with me...
He tried being both for and against everything, and I suspect it just confused the hell out of a lot of people. Furthermore, he tried paiting himself as a pro-military tough guy, was which one of the biggest attempted bait-and-switch jobs in American electoral history, considering that it's belied by his entire life history from the moment he got back from Vietnam. In the end, most people just didn't buy the lemon.
Other than giving Clinton too much credit, it's a good article.
Americans also do not want to turn their sovreignty over to the UN. And do not approve of activist judges overturning laws enacted by legislators they elected.
"It's the morals, stupid"
Yes, there's a lot to it. But I think the writer is an economic conservative who may not understand that Bush was re-elected mainly on the moral issues by social conservatives. What he says is important, but there are other issues that are more important, to both sides.
The bottom line is abortion. Not just for pro-lifers, but for liberals as well. Nothing gets people on both sides more passionate than abortion. Clinton notably triangulated on everything else, including welfare reform, but refused to triangulate an inch on abortion. He twice publicly and flamboyantly vetoed the partial birth abortion bill. He could do nothing else, because this is the absolute bottom line for his base. Fudge on this issue, and he's gone.
The next-to-bottom-line is perversion. Kerry refused clinton's advice to triangulate and come out in favor of the anti-gay marriage movement. He couldn't do it, because it would have lost him 95% of his base.
So, yes, there are economic issues, and the Dems win office by giving out free lunches courtesy of the taxpayers. But there are also moral issues, and these cut even deeper into the fears, passions, angers, and burning dedication of the electorate on both sides.