Reply #9: Bush won't get as many votes as he did last time, and he lost then

[dpbrown]

So why should we consider him inviolate? Why should we consider him unbeatable? His approval ratings are 20 points lower than Bill Clinton's were on the day he was impeached. Why do people fear the Republican election-theft machine?

Bush lost by over half-million votes.

There's no way he's going to get that many votes this time. That means every vote out there is a potential Democratic vote. So the only way the Republicans can even come close this time is if they get an opponent to Bush who causes people to stay home.

I prefer, therefore, a candidate who invigorates people, who brings out new voters, who inspires confidence even in the Republicans in his district, who has won contested races against well-funded Republican incumbents, and who has a national voting record to use for evaluation.

We will create that "unassailable" margin by putting up a candidate who will get the votes that Al Gore got, and inspire new voters - an "anti-Bush", not by putting up a candidate who's too close to the "status quo."