Reply #180: Another - scape goat-less- piece of the puzzle:

[robbedvoter]

Kerry forces planned for a battle that never was
> By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff  |  November 4, 2004
> http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/11/04/

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> According to Cahill, the uncounted Ohio ballots, on which Kerry's
> fortunes depended, were not overwhelmingly from Democratic-rich
> counties and cities in Ohio, but rather dispersed relatively evenly
> across the state -- meaning a share of votes for Bush as well. And
> while a team of lawyers pressed to go to court on Ohio at 8 a.m. to
> challenge the state's vote-counting procedures, Cahill said, Kerry did
> not see the point.
> ''He immediately just decided that in order to go forward in a time of
> war, was not something that he wanted to put the
> country through," Cahill said"

This was in Boston Globe. Link is dead, but I can provide a copy of the full article upon request.