Bexar County

Karen

That line of reasoning is false. For one thing, Al Gore would have won in 2000 had he carired New Hampshire. For another, there were plenty of scenarios for a Kerry win that did not depend on Florida. Chuck, that is true. Al Gore would have won had he carired New Hampshire. But that was in 2000, population shifts South mean that had Kerry won the states Gore won in 2004 and added New Hampshire, he still would have lost having added 4 for NH and lost 7 in reapportionment.And I think you can't count on NH or WV to go to the Democrat every time, just like you can't count NM, NV and CO as sure things for the GOP.Plus I think you have to recalculate to take into consideration the virtual lock the GOP has on the northern Rockies and the Plains. If you add in the reliably Republican states of OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, MT, WY, ID, UT, and AK (42 EVs) to the virtual Southern hammerlock the GOP leads 203 to 188 heading into the swing states of the Midwest plus the aforementioned stragglers from the Southwest.Colorado was a serious bright spot for Democrats on an otherwise pretty dark day. Control of the Senate was thought to be in play and ended up with a +3 or 4 gain for the GOP including picking off Daschle. The GOP looks like they'll pick up 6-8 in the House thanks in no small part to Tom Delay's redistricting scheme which personally I think is an affront to honest democracy. But it went so badly after such high expectations that I don't think McAuliffe will survive.But the larger picture is what is more disheartening. We are becoming more fractured and divided in our political structure. Everything is a zero sum game and bipartisan collaboration is all but dead and certainly a dirty word. We have some systemic problems which are pushing us to nominate the extremists of our party.I never thought I'd say this, but in a lot of ways, Louisiana's political system gets it right.

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