[Nick Danger]

The fanatics are not the voters. But fanatics *WITH* an appealing message and/or candidate is the right formula for success.

Yeah, but once everybody has fanatics, they are no longer a competitive advantage. These days, everybody has 'em. There were McGovern fanatics... Mondale fanatics... Dukakis fanatics. They are like wheels on a car. It's true that the car isn't going anywhere without them, but no one picks one car over another because one has wheels. All cars have wheels.

[WOSG]

"Yeah, but once everybody has fanatics, they are no longer a competitive advantage. These days, everybody has 'em. There were McGovern fanatics... Mondale fanatics... Dukakis fanatics. They are like wheels on a car. It's true that the car isn't going anywhere without them, but no one picks one car over another because one has wheels. All cars have wheels."

The Bush campaign in 1992 didnt have much wheels.

Did it make a difference?

[WOSG]

PS. It is *not* true that "Dukakis" or Mondale had 'fanatics' in great number on their side... both were low energy campaigns.

JMHO.