GWB was not that popular even in 2004 but Kerry was an idiot. Republicans had a great convention show including clips of Reagan funeral , and the Swift Boat Veterans for truth showed Kerry as the fake he was. GWB second term was a disaster, he even tried to screw up supreme court with Harriet Meyers. Except Alito and Roberts looking back maybe having that idiot Kerry make the D party look bad would have been better than this.
At the time I would have blown a gasket if Kerry had won Ohio and thus the election despite losing the popular vote.
I believe GOP would have made gains in 2006 and in 2008 Kerry would’ve been out on his butt. Unfortunately our new President might have ended up being McLame but hopefully some better people would’ve run in the better political climate. There would still be a GOP Congress and the Obamamania would have been forestalled until 2012.
The 2 Court seats would’ve been the only negative. Hopefully O’Connor would have stayed or one of both them would’ve quit right after the election to allow Bush to replace them. Although the Senate rats might have filibustered such an action.
At the time I was for Harriet Meyers, she seemed fine to me. In retrospect it was a real boneheaded play. And since she’s so close to Bush it’s doubtful she’s a real conservative.