Who do you give the most credit for the Democratic Victory this past Tuesday?

[MessiahRp]

It seems to me all the pundits are either saying Republicans hung themselves and voters didn't really want Democrats but didn't want more of the same or that it was ALL Emanuel and Schumer.

Who do you give the credit to?

[soothsayer]

1. The voters!

[gfnrob]

3. I second that!!!

:hippie: :toast:

[Robbien]

9. Yes, and all of us who worked to GOTV

The netroots, grassroots and the voters. Having good candidates to vote for helped alot, thanks Dean.

[Kerrytravelers]

20. Exactly.

[xultar]

22. YEAH HOO! THANKS USA!

[omega minimo]

30. That's AFFIRMATIVE

:yourock:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. George W. (Der Fightin' Fuehrer) Bush.

The wannabee Emperor's clothes are as full of holes as his head and the voters realized that they have to put a fence around him.

[MessiahRp]

5. I think Bush qualifies under, "The Republicans"

:)

Rp

[TwilightZone]

4. How about the American public?

Seems that they managed to wake up from their Bush-induced coma. They apparently decided to start paying attention.

[MessiahRp]

8. Maybe but something spurred them to go and vote

And that's what this question is about.

Was it *just* that Republicans scandalized themselves so bad or did the candidates, DNC or DSCC/DCCC find a way to reach voters that they hadn't before that made the ultimate difference?

Rp

[TwilightZone]

15. Considering that the #1 reason given in exit polling was corruption...

I'd say the Republicans largely did themselves in.

Personally, I don't think we Democrats did anything significant enough to generate the huge shift that occurred on election day. I think people just reached the point that they'd had enough.

[Monkeyman]

6. Here's some numbers from MO and V that may shock you guys

MO----Military Vote 59 percent Democratic
Military Families Vote 63.1 percent Democratic
V-----Military Vote 62.1 percent Democratic
Military Families Vote this is huge 73.2 percent Democratic
We have two Democratic Seats in the Senate because of this Vote

[TahitiNut]

27. Good to dispel the myth that the military votes Republican.

While largely true for officers, and especially senior officers (career REMFs who manage to keep their jobs under Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld), it's NOT true for enlisted personnel. NCOs in particular are more likely to fully comprehend the strengths and virtues of diversity and multiculturalism.

The most 'Republican' of the services is the Air Farce. Considering the character of the Academy and the myopia of "stand-off warriors," it's not surprising. There's a good reason the Army maintains its own tactical air power.

[treestar]

7. Never heard of the 50 state strategy before but once I saw the

description for it, it makes a lot of sense. This was a Congressional election and therefore 435 elections all at a local level. Working it more at a local level must have helped.

[Individualist]

10. A nation that's finally waking up

[Epiphany4z]

11. I think many things

came into play...Howard Dean was one of them without any one of them in place I don't think we would have got the senate.

Hell the republicans helped some too....Rush and his MJ Fox act, Foley as the page turns, acting all outraged like ya Kerry was up there to insult himself...der...posting plans for an atomic bomb on the web...ay that screamed security.....

I think if you take away any element from this win...you lose some we still win most of races but maybe one two we lose. It was Dean, it was Schumer...and others...Carvell may have helped although I don't recall seeing him anywhere during the election...and IMO Carvell is barking up the wrong tree going after Dean.

[Rosemary2205]

12. There's plenty of credit to spread around.

1000's of people deserve plenty of credit.

[tsuki]

25. Not according to Carville and the DLC. Only the beltway "ins"

are deserving of credit.

[msmcghee]

13. None of the above.

It was al Queda. Or, more accurately, al Queada's failure to attack America on our soil. This could also be seen as due to the success of the Bush administration to prevent such an attack.

Yes, Bush prevented an attack (or at least was in the driver's seat when such an attack did not occur) and therefore insured his party's loss in this election. I know that seems ironic - but that's what allowed voters' priorities to shift to other things than defense from terrorist attacks.

Of course, the pukes also helpfully gave voters many interesting things to take the place of the terrorist attacks that didn't happen - mainly their own corruption and hypocrisy.

[Lefty48197]

14. It was Rahm's strategy, but it was Howard who fought with Emanuel

and convinced him to spend money in the mountain states, where Rahm didn't think it was worth the effort.

[myrna minx]

16. Howard Dean, GOTV grassroots folks, Olbermann, Stewart et. al.

Carville and his wife Medusa can pound sand.

[skipos]

17. ALL OF THE ABOVE

[kster]

18. The power of the INTERNET, and all the people

on it that spread the word about the secret vote counting machines. The neocons could not pull the election theft off because there were to many eyes on them.

If you imformed 1 person or 50,000 you had a part in the containment of the neocons!!!!!!!!


:applause: :applause:

[porphyrian]

19. Everyone who worked for it.

Anyone who claims it's a single person or group is masturbating.

[TahitiNut]

21. Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann made very significant contributions.

Cindy Sheehan as well.

The credit DOES NOT go to the appeasers! Of the 'establshment' Dems, it was Howard Dean and the non-DLCers most energizing.

[kimmerspixelated]

23. John Kerry

and I'll tell you why... Back on that horrible day in Nov 2004, a lot of people realized the theft and/or just plain wanted to know more. I was one of those folks that became a political junkie once I found out what was really going on by logging into DU,Truthout, etc. I believe there were millions like me just coming alive somehow, and if it hadn't been for JK's defeat, we might not be near as strong as we became. It was like one big grassroots movement spreading like wildfire and you could feel the passion everywhere! I believe the fact that so many more people finally participated in their gov.; starting caring..that's what was really responsible for the victory.

[LittleClarkie]

24. Dean, Kerry, Emanuel, Schumer, volunteers, the Republicans

all of the above.

[Geek_Girl]

26. I picked Dean But the truth is Liberal and Progressive

activist deserve most of the credit. Many people here and all over the country worked very hard to GOTV, write LTE's, talk to their neighbors, friends, family and co-workers, drive people to the polls ect..

Election night I heard one newscaster say the GOP hit their target for GOTV but the democrats exceeded it. You have to give credit to Dean for raising the money and harnessing the base but it was truly the progressive movement that put us over.

[TahitiNut]

28. Yep. It sure as hell wasn't the fence-sitters and appeasers.

[NavyDavy]

29. I think it was the voters not falling for the same repuke tricks and

since the dems went to areas of the country that we never have b 4 I have to say Dr Dean was a big part of it to

[Hippo_Tron]

31. I think the terrorists

Clearly they manipulated the American people so that they would elect Democrats so what we would let them win.

[Generic Other]

32. DU for 6 years of GOTV activities

:)

[Beelzebud]

33. You forgot one: The American Voter