While I agree with a lot of what he says, I think Kerry lost because people in the Red states do not believe he or his party are serious about the country's defense.
The election was close enough where any of a multitude of important issues made the difference. However, between the war on terror and Iraq, those two issues were the most important in the election.
A backlash on the media's bias, hollywood's leftism, and legislating from the bench were significant and may have been decisive.
Yep... I think when the Massachusetts Supremes and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom tried to ram gay marriage down Americans' throats, they killed Kerry's bid right then and there. Americans don't like to be told by self-appointed elites their values are outdated and its time to adopt new ones. We sent the liberal elites on the coasts a message they won't soon forget.
The election was close enough
I guess you didn't see the red and blue map.