re 1.) No, NJ is not a blue, blue state. Bush cut into the D's % there big time in 2004. Gore won by 16%, Kerry won by 6%. It is a blue state, no doubt, and the fact that we lost alone might not have bothered me.
However, the fact that we lost bigger then we were suppose to, that does concern me.
re 2.) You are right about Virginia, Kilgore ran the worst campaign I could think of. That said, again, in and of it's self it might not bother me, but the trend, again losing more then we were suppose to lose by, concerns me.
re 3.) If they don't lose pretty soon, California will fall into the atlantic, economically speaking. The current situation is completely unsustainable. You would think that those same folks who voted to recall Davis would have figured that out by now.
re 4.) You are right about that, I did probably underestimate the significance of that one.
re 5.) To an extent, yes. But again, the trend is not good. In 2001, we lost VA by less then we were suppose to, and won NY when we weren't suppose to.
It seems to me that the trend against us is not a Democratic phantom that it might have been. I'm not saying doom and gloom, but I'm saying give it some careful, thoughtful decision. We need to get back on offense, and we arn't right now.
New Jersey is a very blue state.
After Torch, McGreevy and Corzine they are still united to defeat the republicans.
The suburban soccer moms of Northeastern New Jersey have only cemented its blue state status.
Corzine had so much baggage and still won easy. Codey would have won by 30 points. Kean Jr will lose if he runs for the senate seat next year too.
The only republican with a chance in New Jersey state wide would be Kean's dad and he really isn't a republican.
Bush still had the 9/11 effect and still lost by over 200,000 votes. That 9/11 effect is gone now so Bush's loss was more like double digits to a horrible candidate in Kerry.