Reply #26: Not a great response at all, Senator.

[Old and In the Way]

After 2000, the Democrats should have been prepared for this and they should have seen Ohio as the state most likely to be rigged against Kerry. I really have no idea why Kerry conceded so quickly...but it had to be for extraordinary reasons. No one puts up with a grueling 1 year campaign and folds without some inside understanding that the results couldn't be overcome. Maybe he knew that the media would begin the "sore loserman" symphony and the actual results could never be devined. Maybe this and a hostile Republican Congress ready to start Clinton2 impeachment proceedings were too much to overcome. Bottom line, the battle should have been engaged before election day. I think if Dean had been DNC chair, he'd have done a helluva lot more to protect the Party interests than McCauliffe did before November. I wonder if the Clinton wing of the Party really wanted Kerry to win as his loss has paved the way for Hillary's run in 2008.