2012 will resemble 2004 very closely. [View all]
Remember the 2004 election? The heated primary, the hard-fought GE? Most of us do, it was a difficult time that ended in disappointment.
The primary that year was especially hard-fought. The Iraq war played into it and, it seemed at least, that those who didn't support the war got the most passionate supporters during the primary.
Here in my corner of the world there was a big Dean group. Didn't see anyone else with activity for the primary. Many liked Dean but wondered if he was as electable as Kerry. When they voted apparently they thought not as they followed the previous voting states w/Kerry as the winner.
Disappointing but Bush sucks so I'm in, I guess.
Well apparently that was the commonly held view. Our local Dem party was gung-ho to beat Bush. We were so active, moved thousands of yard-signs, bumper stickers, etc. Had 25 events that year and raised a shit-ton of money, it was awesome. I was there, day in and day out, helping to make it happen.
Daily people came in for lawn-signs, they'd throw money at us, tell us how much they hated Bush and went on their way. This played out many times a day. Guess what I never heard......
"I just love that John Kerry!"
Yeah, this Republican primary is shaping up to look an awful lot like that. The "conventional wisdom" voters are making sure Romney gets the nomination. They are banking on the hope that enough people hate Obama that they will turn to the R's for a candidate.
As we learned in 2004, hating the President is not enough, there has to be someone who inspires at least some passion on your side of the ballot in order to win.
Anyone else see similarities between this election and previous?
Julie
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