**The likes of Falwell and Robertson are never happy about anything. They always find something to be mad about, and so they convinced themselves to be mad enough at Bush to not go to the polls.**
Spoken in total ignorance. Both Falwell and Robertson were on the Bush bandwagon from an early stage and, to my knowledge, never uttered a peep of disastisfaction about issues with Bush during the campaign. I think they both kept a lower profile, in part so as not to be a lightning rod for Christian bashers out there who might otherwise have been attracted to Bush.
But there was no question that, too their own, they were publicly pro-Bush early - even while Bauer was running.
"But there was no question that, too their own, they were publicly pro-Bush early - even while Bauer was running."
Almost everyone I spoke to would have preferred for Bauer to win. But when it came down to voting I was one of the few who voted for him because "he doesn't stand a chance". Well with that attitude of course he doesn't stand a chance. Even had he lost, had he gained say 20% of the vote in the primaries, it would have forced Bush to take a look at the issues those 20% cared about.