Reid: Democrats failed to take message to rural America, Nevada

Gov. Dean balanced the budgets of the state of Vermont.

Governors have to balance the budget according to their constitutions. Not to mention Vermont's budget is the same size as a small city.

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Many of those counties are inhabited by a few

Like those large blue counties in the southwest? There aren't many of them, but the ones that are blue are very large counties (in land area) indeed. In most instances they comprise Indian reservations.

The point is, Kerry did not and could not carry rural America. Even Reid himself was roundly defeated in 90 percent of Nevada, rural Nevada.

Democrats cannot carry rural counties. And they lose almost as bad in middle class suburban counties with high birth rates.

Democrats do especially well in dead and decaying large cities, like Detroit. That is not a sound strategy for long term success. But what can they do about it?

I can't wait till we nationalize Howard Dean; he will kill Democratic candidates in Virginia, Nebraska, and anywhere else that is turned off by the first governor to legalize gay civil unions, raise taxes at the fasest pace in the 90s, and says the following:

"We've gotten rid of (Saddam Hussein), and I suppose that's a good thing" -- Howard Dean, April 9, 2003

"We're going to tell all those white boys who run the Republican Party to stay out of our bedrooms." -- Howard Dean forgets what color he is.

Believes Bush was silent on 9/11: "I don’t know. There are many theories about (9/11). The most interesting theory that I’ve heard so far—which is nothing more than a theory, it can’t be proved—is that he was warned ahead of time by the Saudis. Now who knows what the real situation is? But the trouble is, by suppressing that kind of information, you lead to those kind of theories, whether they have any truth to them or not, and eventually, they get repeated as fact. So I think the president is taking a great risk by suppressing the key information that needs to go to the Kean Commission." -- Howard Dean

"From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people." -- Howard Dean

"Dean himself moved from Episcopalian to Congregationalist "because I had a big fight with a local Episcopal church about 25 years ago over the bike path." He does not hesitate to reveal this information or to declare that he seldom goes to church." -- Robert Novak

This is sad.

They are completely delusional. Oh, I know in leadership positions someone such as Reid is epected to put a good spin on their status but the problem is that I don't believe its spin. They believe this. They believe G.W. is on their side.

If G.W. is on their side what would they do if he was against them? Thie party is verging on irrelevance. It'll only take a few more lost seats to banish them completely.

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