The Official US President Election Thread

[Insidious Rex]

I didn't think Kerry was the most electable candidate (a stiff Massachusetts liberal!), but the polling evidence is hard to ignore.

Im wondering if he truly is the most electable candidate though. Exit pollings from Wisconsin showed that something like 40% of the voters were actually independent or republican and that Edwards actually pulled the highest percentage of these voters. Well now that’s something. I would think this election is all about getting the middle ground voters. Those independent and disenchanted republicans who find a given democrat palatable enough to vote for (at least to stay home for) rather then vote against. The election is going to come down to tightly divided states like Ohio and Pennsylvania and (of course) Florida and having even a minor migration of conservative voters toward a democratic candidate could prove to be the winning margin.

I agree that the primary season has been a blessing for Democrats.

And Im pretty sure the powers that be in the democratic king making club are pleased with the better showing by Edwards. Not because they necessarily want him to be the democratic nominee but because this makes the competition for the nomination continue on a little longer and thereby keep the focus on them and on trashing the republicans as they have been doing so well for the past few months or so. As long as it’s a horse race, they can attract the countries attention.