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Originally Posted by Bigfella
Shek,
without wanting to underestimate the ability of the Dems to shoot themselves in the foot, I would have thought 8 years of Bush would be enough of a motivator for them to manage a united front at least until the election.
I would have thought this applied especially to donors. I think Bush was badly underestimated in 2000. Not sure they'll make the same mistake again, especially against a candidate of undoubted substance & the ability to poach centrist Democrats.
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You'd have thought that after the inept campaign run in 2000 that they would have run a better campaign in 2004. They've put on some pretty weak campaigns in my lifetime.
With Congress in their hands, I think that the total sense urgency isn't there. Also, I think that there will be a lot of bad blood that remains following the convention (which will actually be what a convention used to be - where the candidated was decided, not coronated) no matter who ends up with the nomination.