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Perhaps worse than any sleight of hand in the wording of the ballot questions is the fact that the issue seems part of an orchestrated Republican ploy to summon evangelical voters to the polls in greater numbers in swing states such as Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio and Oregon. It appears that these “values” voters may well have handed George W. Bush the election, but at a cost that transcends a single political victory. The constitutions of 11 states now bear the writ of discrimination, formalized in parchment, despite the fact that gay marriage was unlikely...
...Washington thumbsuckers are already advising the party to shed civil liberties, the separation of church and state, and fiscal responsibility from its agenda, too. All in response to a campaign in which Kerry’s vacillation was the richest Republican target. I do not know of a single swing voter the Democrats lost because they opposed cop-killer bullets and government intrusion in churches and libraries, and fought for a balanced budget. But I do know that silence on those issues is just as damaging as an offensively leftist position. Americans for Gun Safety, for example, conducted a study...
...Rove set up his computers. Bush called him regularly to ask about what was happening in certain precincts and districts. Finally, after midnight, the President was on the phone with his communications director, Dan Bartlett, discussing Ohio. Bartlett explained why the networks would be reluctant to call the key swing state. Bush then said, "Well, they just called it," although only NBC and Fox had. The room erupted into cheers. Bartlett held out the phone so Bush could hear. "Congratulations, Mr. President," Bartlett said, "You won the presidency." But it would be nearly 15 more hours before the President could...
...round to the inner circle. Gutsball meant Kerry would try to raise $150 million in the final three months of the race. It meant diverting Kerry and Edwards at least 40 times to blue-state cities like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, where money was plentiful but swing votes were not. And playing Gutsball ensured that Bush would opt out of funding too. On the other hand, the memo noted, if Kerry didn't opt out, Bush still might. And if he did, no one doubted Bush could raise $100 million without breaking a sweat...
...road with the President, making the Senator's mere presence a powerful political endorsement for the incumbent. McCain helped draw crucial moderate G.O.P. voters and independents to events where they could be registered and courted by the campaign. He let direct mail go out under his name to swing states. He recorded radio spots in New Hampshire, where he pasted Bush in the primaries in 2000, and agreed at the last minute to stump there the weekend before the election. At times, McCain's television appearances were scary duck-and-cover drills for the Bush message team, as McCain...