"Well, you know, the labor and the Human Rights Campaign forums and debates this
week suggest to me that the Democratic base is really the middle American base
now. And if you look at polls on how people feel about things, it’s true. The
fight that was had last time over gays, I don’t think we’re going to have that
this time. I don’t think Bush saying there’s going to be an amendment to
discriminate against gays, I don’t think that’s going to come up with quite that
passion this time around. "
While I think that this is true, I also thought this was true just before the election in 2000. I was so certain that a republican wouldn't win then, I wasn't even concerned who the nominee was. Remember the debates on the left were all about Gore and Nader. Well the left lost in 2000 and it can lose in 2008, and you might to know why. Because Americans are lazy about voting, they love to pontificate about how poorly the country is being run, but find it harder to voice their concerns in a vote. It was pointed out in 2000 that if everyone who didn't vote, voted for Nader, he would have won by a landslide. That is also why all the polls are so pointless, at the end of the day the only count that matters is the election. At the end of the day there is no prediction on who is going to show and vote for whom, and who is going to stay home.
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