No more Kerry's...

[LynneSin]

29. Kerry was never a strong candidate and our campaign was basically 'Anyone But Bush'

And when you vote using 'Anyone But <fill in the name>' you tend to have a candidate that isn't getting the voters excited and ends up losing.

2004 was ours to win but Kerry wasn't the first choice of the hardcore progressives like those of us who regularly post at political blogs, read all the news sites and watch all the cable news shoes. In fact he was way down there behind Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich and Wesley Clark. If only those people active online voted Dean would have won in a landslide but because there's a whole world out there Kerry got the vote instead.

Don't get me wrong, I adored Kerry and I campaigned hard for him. But there was that something special missing that I felt when I worked campaigns for Clinton and Obama. Kerry had all the credentials of being a great president but he lacked that certain something you need to be a successful democratic presidential candidate. A strong democrat we wouldn't have to worry about Ohio being stolen because we would have picked up enough other states to cover the slack.

So the poster that said we need to find someone who isn't a Kerry - I have to agree! I think what was really exciting about 2008 was the fact that no matter who won that democratic primary we were going to make history and we had a candidate that would inspire us to get out there and campaign for them. I think Hillary would have had the same success as Obama had she won the nomination.