Election.
whoa, deep breaths. another election is done. at least this one is over by Thanksgiving. the president was re-elected.
red states... blue ones. amazingly just about every state that voted for Al Gore went for Senator John Kerry. all the hubbub about turning out the vote did have some impact. I think a large number of young voters voted, maybe for the first time. rock the vote had some sway then. one thing that happened was quite surprising: a lot of President George Bush's supporters, particularly those who stayed home in 2000, showed up.
those voters did overcome the youth vote's preference for the senator, pushing the popular vote to a different result. the winner of the ballots - President Bush - by 3 1/2 million votes or more.
last thing, I am really going to miss Tom Brokaw. he is not only a great newsman and commmentator. he is also a wonderful author. I am glad he is not going into full retirement. I anticipate many good things from him.
red states... blue ones. amazingly just about every state that voted for Al Gore went for Senator John Kerry. all the hubbub about turning out the vote did have some impact. I think a large number of young voters voted, maybe for the first time. rock the vote had some sway then. one thing that happened was quite surprising: a lot of President George Bush's supporters, particularly those who stayed home in 2000, showed up.
those voters did overcome the youth vote's preference for the senator, pushing the popular vote to a different result. the winner of the ballots - President Bush - by 3 1/2 million votes or more.
last thing, I am really going to miss Tom Brokaw. he is not only a great newsman and commmentator. he is also a wonderful author. I am glad he is not going into full retirement. I anticipate many good things from him.