Ummm…mandate?
ArchPundit
Did Jimmy Carter have one in 1976 with a 2 percent win? Because 3% is a win, but not a mandate.
November 2004
E-Mail FUBAR
If you sent me a message and didn’t get a reply, send it again. I lost most of it with some problems while travelling.
Keyes Rant
Watch the Keyes Explosion in all of his glory. Now that the race is over, all Keyes goes to the ICFST category–Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team.
Let me get this straight–the man who lost by historic margins is going to save the Republican Party?
Illinois Presidential Turnout
2004
Kerry2,826,757
Bush 2,313,415
Total 5,140,172
2000
Gore 2,589,026
Bush 2,019,421
Total 4,608,447
Fascinating numbers. Rove wanted a majority and he got it by pumping up numbers in all states, not just battlegrounds.
Presidential Turnout
In 2000
Bush 50456169
Gore 50996116
Nader 2831066
Total 104283351
2004 to date:
Bush 59117523
Kerry 55557584
Total 114675107
What is interesting is that Democrats picked up Nader’s voters and improved the number of voters. Bush increased his turnout remarkably. This wasn’t a swing voter election, it was a turnout election and evangelicals turned out.
Orwellian–Oh My
Via Talking Points Memo
Bill Bennett thinks he has a mandate for the Great Relearning….
um, dude, this wasn’t a vote to create a real version of the Handmaid’s Tale.
Durbin for Minority Leader
Yes, please. He’s exactly what the doctor ordered and Bush can threaten him all he wants. Dick Durbin will be the Senator from Illinois as long as he wants to be.
Rauschenberger In
Hang on folks, the race for Governor in 2006 has officially started! WOooohOooooooo!
Capitol Fax Reports Rauschenberger is in!
I’ve said many nice things about Steve in the past. He’s a goto guy on state budget issues and is incredibly bright. I’d considered him a reasonable Republican, until he and Syverson joined in inviting Alan Keyes to Illinois and now I think Rauschenberger has sold his soul to Jack Roeser and Roeser’s cash to win the Republican Nomination fro Governor. Roeser is a wingbat and if that is the campaign it’s going to be, no thank you. If Rauschenberger is the guy to take on the Blagorgeous, I’ll be backing the Blagorgeous thank you very much. He’s a pain the ass, but unless someone primaries him, he’s my pain in the ass.
Someone better get in this race fast if they want to raise the money and paint him as extreme.
The weird part is that O’Malley was running for Governor and now he either has to challenge Rauschenberger or go for some other race.
In other fun, Chris Lauzen is threatening to run for another statewide office.
I love roadkill. Especially when it’s funny so jump on board Chris.
Wait, That’s Chris Lauzen, CPA.
Evangelical Radio
I’ve been talking about it a lot lately and mentioned it a couple times on here–It’s been all Bush all the time. Karl’s plan worked.
President in Illinois
Of course, if the Illinois Republican Party would just move to the right…..
They could lose every election by ten points or more. Keep it up gang!
Bush, George (i) Rep 2,313,415 44.73
Kerry, John Dem 2,826,757 54.65
Badnarik, Michael Lib 31,863 .62
Kerry underperformed by three from my projections.
The lesson here is I ought to only project Illinois races. I had Karmeier by 8 and he won by 10 points.