They didn’t listen to us last time either. They actually thought John Kerry had a chance to win. But those of us surrounded by “other voices” knew he was just too much of a New England pointy head. Not that we didn’t like him. We just knew that NONE of our neighbors did.
So now we giddy Dems are about to offer up another party darling to the country, one that my neighbors are again telling me they just can’t vote for. And I’m not just talking about HRC. I’m sorry to say that the same can be said for Obama too. If there’s one hard lesson the last couple of elections have taught me, it’s that as my neighbors go, so goes the country. And they ain’t going for her—or for him. Much as I love what my fellow blogger Indigo says in her last post, I think she’s an anomaly.
If we can’t give the red-state fence sitters and moderates a choice they can digest, it will be a true tragedy. Because a lot of them seem ready to cross over to the bright side this time. And this country does not have another four years to throw away.
I hope I’m wrong. And based on Blue Dot voting results every month (which I assume comes mostly from red-staters), wrong I may very well be.
January 9, 2008 at 10:02 am
Exactly right and well said Brooke.
We can feel warm and fuzzy about our front runners all we want but without a candidate that can secure the party and draw the crossover vote we are doomed. Lets sober up here and put someone on the ballot to make that happen. Namely John Edwards.
January 9, 2008 at 11:08 am
I have to agree — that’s what I keep trying to tell my starry-eyed Dem buddies. As much as I can get behind HRC OR Obama, and would love to do so, I’m afraid neither of them is going to connect with the conservatives we need in order to actually swing the vote. I could be wrong, and I hope I am, but I’m just so afraid of screwing this one up!
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