I was just looking at some numbers, hoping they might make me feel better.
As of Oct. 2004, from http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleenr/enridx.htm, there were 532,319 Registered Republicans in MA.
So, even with just 78% reporting,and Healey at 605,082, it looks like everyone who had the stones to register Republican in MA, voted for the Healey. That's encouraging from a GOTV perspective.
So far, that's about the only good thing I see. We can be proud our Republicans are hard core (and probably soon to be gone, LOL).
On the other hand, the fact that the Green Rainbow whackjobs had 9,509 registered voters, but Sweathog Ross got 32,428 votes is really scary. That's a lot of delusional nutcases out there. I mean crazier than the moonbats that voted for the Devil.
I'd like to pick Manic Mihos as the sole scapegoat, but it doesn't look like his 125,976 votes wouldn't have put us over the top, or even made it close.
As it stands, I think I'm going to split the blame evenly between Mihos, Howie, with Mitt tossed in for good measure (after reading johnthebaptistmoore's analysis on the MA state board).
Oh, please don't nitpick my numbers, I'm tired and didn't do any heavy lifting with them. By all means, feel free to throw you own out there.
I may not go to sleep for a while, but I'm off to get horizontal, with a stop for ice cream on the way to the bed.