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I don't think that we can sit back and think that Bush is going to cruise to victory. It is going to be a hell of a difficult fight to win the next election. More and more people are going around acting like victims and with the belief that the government owes them something. Don't sit back and relax now that our President has "won a war"...Bush Sr. did this and coasted on 88% approval ratings and then the economy crushed him. We got stuck with eight years of Clinton and a court system full of liberal appointees that will be there for years.
Kerry will be difficult to beat...so will Edwards. Don't underestimate their ability to raise money. A lot of people that I know are pretty excited about the Dean movement. This may just energize their base while we sit back and bask in leadership...2002 elections and the like. Look what happened in 1996...we had the Republican Revolution in 1994...took over both houses of Congress only to nominate an establishment candidate and get crushed again by a tarnished incumbent. Bush is working to move to an election stance...which means he MUST move to the center. The Right wing of the party threatens to bolt the party or sit out the election. Without moving the center...he will not get elected because the middle-American Soccer Moms will not vote for a right-wing ideologue. Dean is charismatic, appears moderate, and well educated. He comes from a independently-minded state and has demonstrated liberterian-type views on guns. Gore's theories of gun control, civil liberties, and environmental stances coupled with his less-than-charismatic personality cost him the election, but barely...without the Nader factor and millions of fundamentalist Christians sitting out the election (with millions of illegals, convicts, and dead voting on the other side). Every vote counts....don't get bogged down with one or two issues. Vote for the individual that will support your stances the MAJORITY of the time.

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