The opposition cheated and we still won. We had vote supression in the Panhandle. We still won. Gore lost his home state, helping us win. The Evangelicals stayed home due to the rumors that W wouldn't fight abortion and the DUI dirty trick. We still won.If Gore had gotten a total state recount, W would have had an extra 1600 votes or so, IIRC.
In 2002, we smoked the Donks all across the board and all the way down the tickets in a majority of states. We did this from lessons learned in 2000 and a ground game that we are using again this time.
Every Presidential election needs the Electoral College, BTW.
Rove is a genius; I didn't say he was Superman. He beats anything the other guys have and everyone else we have. He not only got a Republican elected as Governor in TX, he did it twice, something unheard of. By 2000, a strong Democrat state was a strong Republican state.
The only strategist the GOP ever had who equalled Rove was Lee Atwater. To this day, Democrats conflate the two and both give them fits, even though Lee has been gone 13 years.
YYMV.
I heard Rove say he couldn't believe the Kerry campaign did not see the Swift Boat Veterans attack coming. THE ENTIRE FRICKING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION was preparation for the attack. For cyring out loud, two of the largest speeches of the evening were swift boat komrades refuting the allegations! Karl Rove is dumb as sh!t. What did the guy ever do RIGHT? Why this mystique?