[dk/coro]

185, I think you hit it on the head.

There were a number of factors all laced together that gave our "W" the election.

However, from Terreeezzzaaa's entrance upon the scene -- with her nastiness and unseemly decorum, Laura did far more for the ticket than will ever appear in the statistics.

This is a subliminal, gut sense, but I feel this was a very substantial factor in garnering the female vote; especially in an election held during the Iraq War, etc.

[185JHP]

Exactly. People put together a gestalt of those two and said "I don't think so."

[Bonaparte]

I agree absolutely. And when kerry took that cheap shot at Dick and Lynn Cheney's daughter during the debate, I believe women all over the country were seething over it. There are very few women who don't see right through that sort of tactic.