it going to take time to know what the h*** really happened in this election. we come to this blog to get information, be encouraged, learn from each other, now we look for ways to learn from disappointment.
while i agree with Kos that the youth vote 'left us waiting at the altar' and yes, it is 'values' that was of utmost importance to millions of voters, i think it's premature to try to wrap our understanding around why this election unfolded the way it did. but i want to take a stab at part of it.
i think many red state voters for one thing wanted to stick it to all the 'know it all's' who are not going to tell them how they should feel about this country. every book that came out describing the problems of the bush presidency, probably sent another couple thousand votes into the shrubs column. to most of us this information provided a common sense way to evaluate this administration, to millions it was one more attack on america.
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