Kerry's biggest mistake?

[Xantar]

I believe Edwards gave up his Senate seat, so he is not in fact going to lose his next election bid because....he already lost it.

I don't think that America has in fact turned out to be surprisingly conservative. I think that on the one hand the Democrats didn't find a message other than "get Bush out" and pound it in well enough. I know what Kerry stood for, but not many did.

The other thing is Americans have apparently decided that foreign policy and homeland security are the most important issues today. More important, even, than the economy. Even if you don't believe that Bush is responsible for the weak state of the economy, the fact is that by itself is usually enough to throw a President out. The first President Bush had nothing to do with the economy being in recession either (in fact, it was booming for most of his term). But thanks to the economy and "read my lips," he got ousted.

This time, I know that many Americans voted for Bush thinking, "Well, I don't like what his education policy. His environmental policy sucks. He caters too much to those crazy fundamentalist people. But he'll keep us safe."

In most ways that are important, I actually think Kerry ran about the best campaign he could have. But he was fighting American demographics the entire way, and he just didn't win.

[ZebraRampage]

I think that another of Kerry's mistakes was that he was trying to appeal to the middle and to the far left at the same time. You can't do both, you can only support one side. I guess nobody knows where he stands on his issues, though this was mentioned before. This is what I think his biggest mistake was.

[Typhoid]

I think honestly, his biggest mistake was being openly rich.

People loathe that part of him.

Bush seems less rich...poor even, so he comes off more common.



Well, Kerry may have lost, but hes still got three purple hearts.

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Bush seems less rich...poor even, so he comes off more common.

Well, Kerry may have lost, but hes still got three purple hearts.

Bush used to own the Texas Rangers....anyone who cant remember that is stupid, esp since he brings it up alot.

Yeah and Americans seem to sh|t on people who have done great things during war time. Look at John McCain.....

[Blackmane]

John McCain is very popular on both sides. Kerry was trying to woo him to their side the whole election, and Bush wanted him supporting him whereever he was.