Posted on 11/06/2004 6:39:33 PM PST by conservativecorner
That is why the President was speaking before large enthusiastic crowds every day for the past month, while Kerry was speaking to half full houses that had to be filled with paid audiences, and you couldn't pay them enough to pretend to be enthusiastic.
You can't beat something with nothing. You can't beat love with hate. And in 2008, the Donks won't even have the object of their hate to run against.
That is great, fuzzy. Everyone needs to watch it.
Barone got me through the night. I couldn't wait for his updates.
He was nailing Estrich to the wall with cold facts.
Thanks for posting this. I was watching him closely on election night and he looked puzzled as he tried to figure out those stupid polls. I could see something wasn't meshing with him.
One should look to the future: base support could and should be mobilized and increased. But as the base turnout increases, there will be diminishing returns (unless one resorts to multiple and dead voters).
It has been reported that Karl Rove spoke of 4 million Christian voters sitting out 2000 election. Say, 250000 of them died between 2000 and 2004. Say, that this time out of remaining 3.75 million it was possible to get 2.5-3 million voting. OK. But it would leave this particular new voter reservoir almost empty.
Assuming that these voters are kept mobilized (and one has to keep working on it) the question becomes where and how to find next 3-5 million voters, and maybe more, for 2006-2008 and beyond.
Barone did stellar work for Fox and brought sanity back into the election. When I got home from poll watching all day and heard little whiny Susan whatserface repeat the exit polls I thought I was going to die...then Barone kicked in with his brilliant analysis...life was good...oh so good!
Yes, you could tell on Fox when Brit was conversing with him on election night when the first exit polls were hitting. Barone was speaking in breaking monotone, his hands were fidgety. His body language had me WAY nervous.
I think that the community people tend to just look after their families and local community, which can include their churches, and often eschew politics. Often the Gemeinschaft will let the Gesellchaft, those interested in politics and government, mostly run things. I think, though, that with the threat of terrorism, threat to marriage, and talk of extending government out into a global test that the community people decided it was time to get out and look after things.
I also think that it was the Gemeinschaft who supported the American revolution. The Gesellschaft are only able to exist at the whim of the communities, and they can only push us so far. They are unaware of this fact, however, and refer to the community people as "rubes" and "religious fanatics."
I don't really remember hearing much about a divided nation when Klinton was in office. Wonder why?
Wouldn't we all like to know how many bottles Whoopi Goldberg has been through, since the election?
I think Jack Daniels nailed Susan election night. She was positively looped!
B-U-M-P
Are you going to change your name to "happy" now? Just curious!
As George Lucas might say it; They turned to the Dark Side because they allowed themselves to be consumed by Hate...
Are you in favor of some sort of campaign reform?
I've read articles in conservative magazines written by barone. I want to say it was The American Spectator, back when it was a tab size monthly. I also recall reading an article or two in TAS by brit hume.
Barone Bump!!
I skimmed through this thread, so if this is already pointed out, then please forgive my oversight. While Barone did do stellar work, the Beltway Boys nailed the 51% and the EV count in their pre-election prediction.
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