How did we lose so badly in the Senate?

[Eric J in MN]

How did Erskine Bowles lose?
Tony Knowles?
Betty Castor?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. well...erskine bowles

faced a large backlash of persons here in NC that were fed up with the whole idea that edwards missed over 90% of Senate votes since the beginning of his election run...i spoke directly with many people who felt this way.

That in addition to the fact that the state went largely for bush by over 10% and straight party voting didn't help him...

theProdigal

OnEdit...mistakes common to posting Sunday morning

[JI7]

2. they are mostly Republican states

[Justice]

3. But Tony Knowles was governor of Alaska - he had one in a Republican State

and he was running against the inexperienced daughter of the current governor. Surprising.

[SoCalDem]

4. Diebold?

voter suppression?.. voter error?

combination of all three?

we will never know for sure.. That's what sucks..

I don't mind being beaten fair and square, but the way things are trending, I doubt that we will EVER know for sure again..

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Castor only lost by 1% in Florida

She could demand a recount but backed off.

When the counting is done, I am sure we will be hearing from her and Kerry.

Castor's race is going to play a significant role in exposing the fraud commmitted by the Bush campaign.

Someone needs to crunch the numbers for this FL Senate race. I think there may be some interesting patterns that might develop.

Funny how so much of Bush's base voted for him but not for Martinez?

[JI7]

7. not really considering Bush's base consists of racists

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. But they are even more Pro Life

They would vote for Satan if he campaigned has a pro-lifer. Oh, wait a minute, they did.

[Bread and Circus]

6. Because the Dem party has lost its relationship w/ rural voters.

[Moloch]

9. Three Words

Black Box Voting

[phish420]

10. They Cheated. 'nuff said