[Exeter]

Even history is against Kerry. The last time America elected a President from a New England state was Jack Kennedy in 1960. Kennedy is also 1 of only 3 Senators to go directly to the Presidency (Harding and Cleveland were the others). The only time I could find a war-time President being defeated in the last century was Truman in 1952 during the Korean War. Add to that Kerry's total, almost arrogant ineptness at connecting with the American public, a vague, ill-defined campaign that changes from opinion poll to opinion poll and whose core seems to be a toss-up between "it's Bush's fault" and an attempt to re-live his questionable glory days (literally) in Vietnam, plus what I believe to be subtle but effective sabotage efforts by the minions of Hillary Clinton, and you end up with a candidate with a kiss of death so profound you expect to see buzzards circling over his headquarters!

What were the Democratic bigwigs thinking when they decided that this man best represented the values and philosophy of their party?

[Verginius Rufus]

Grover Cleveland never served in the U.S. Senate. When he was elected President he was Governor of New York (which he carried in the election by only a thousand votes or so...if it had not been for the "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" remark by one of Blaine's supporters, Cleveland probably would have lost NY and the election).

[dufekin]

Truman didn't lose in 1952; he didn't even run. General Eisenhower, a hero of the previous war, creamed Truman partisan Adalai Stevenson (Governor of Illinois).