GameTavern - Kerry's biggest mistake?

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Originally Posted by Neo

I have my doubts about Hillary too. She probably could not soke up enough of the female vote to make up for her liberal persona.

American in general and not just the south seems to be a lot more conservative than I realized. Female voters in the south may even believe that a female's place is in the home and that the presidency is a man's job.

Another problem with Hillary is the same problem that Kerry had - the fact that they're senators. It's been mentioned that Kerry is used to discussing the details and minutia of bills and doesn't really know how to talk to the common man. That and the enevitability of having your voting record turned against you makes it an uphill battle.

But I agree the democrats have got to reach out to conservative religious voters. A southern democratic governor would be ideal.

That's what I've been saying. Over the last 4 years I have watched as America has become more and more conservative. The republicans far outnumber the democrats now, and I think it's going to be hard to dig us out of this whole. With the way things are going right now, in the future the president, supreme court, and congress are going to be 100% conservative.

I think you are right about a southern democratic governor. Actually, just about any southern democrat will do. I realize that to win the south the candidate is going to have to address them religiously, but I hate that. The south is so set into their tradition and religion that anyone who appears to be the least bit non religous doesnt stand a chance. There arent enough people who understand government and religion shouldnt mix.

Bush simply played off the ignorance of the southern states and won them. "I'm against the gays and abortion. Go Christianity!" That's all he needed to say, and he won. Kerry's biggest mistake was that Bush was smart enough to know how to win the southern states easily, then he could focus his real political power in the places he had to keep away from Kerry, such as Ohio and Florida. Kerry just didnt run his campaign as he should have.

And what really gets me is that Bush has no say on the subject of abortion. It's the supreme court that does that, and him being a Christain really doesnt affect anything at all. The southern states were just too ignorant to see it.

The next democratic candidate needs to lie about the religion stuff to the southern people (they wont even notice he isnt doing things religously in office), and then just keep doing what he's doing in the northern states.