disastermagnet

The election? Well, it was interesting, that's for sure. To be honest, I didn't much like either candidate. Bush was running on morals and Kerry was running against Bush. Neither had any strong policy points that really got me excited.

I felt that Kerry did some things right - he appealed to the middle class and the educated - but he failed to pull the union vote and present himself as a "common man." While he clearly explained the nuance of each situation to educated voters, he never gave the short concise "Clif Notes" answer that he needed to provide.

Bush was clear that his focus would be on Christian oriented policy directed at domestic issues and fighting terrorism, but I feel that his ideological bent concerned many Republicans. He may have won the battle, but he may have lost the war; it is tough to see what platform a 2008 Republican candidate will run on to keep Bush's voters, without following the same extremist leaning.

I was very happy to see Kerry concede vice challenging the counts; the country has already had enough pain as it is. I felt it was a very classy thing to do. I've had people crying in my classes in college - that's how personal this election was for them. While I understand how important this election was, they happen every 4 years.

As far as SG goes, I'm still commenting, but I'm not out to anatagonize anyone, so...