the rix mix

No, I haven't been watching TV all this time. Kerry will lose. He can contest provisional ballots in Ohio, but they won't overcome the difference. & he's probably gonna lose Iowa, New Mexico & Nevada by the narrowest of margins. He also narrowly won New Hampshire & Wisconsin, & Bush has two or three percentage points in the popular vote. No matter how you slice & dice it, a Kerry "victory" could be nearly as tainted & divisive as Dubya's in 2000. Voter turnout? Is it that much higher than the 2000 election? What candidate could have decisively beaten Bush this year? Be grateful a Bush victory isn't a mandate, although he'll treat it as one since he seems to think 90% of Americans fully share his "values" when the actual percentage is surely under 30%. In fact, I 'll easily go so far as to say Kerry is much closer to a large majority of Americans in that sense. But people aren't voting the way they voted in 1996 or for the same issues. This election galvanized the liberal/left outside of the Democratic Party establishment, creating political organizations that are not going away. A lot of moderate Christians got a wake up call too, even many thousands who held their noses as they voted for Bush because they're so concerned with national security.

Unfortunate that all the anti-gay referendums have passed, but that wasn't unexpected (although the one in Ohio goes beyond what is reasonable & decent, since it could prevent civil unions). Kerry is on the record as being against gay marriage. So it isn't time yet.
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