Reply #51: Millions of jobs lost. How many were in Ohio? [View All]

Yes it could have made a difference in the South, and more importantly in Ohio where we have lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs. That issue alone would have won Ohio for us, and the election.

Of course those Southern towns are still voting for Bush. This election wasn't about economic populist issues. We didn't engage them on trade and outsourcing of jobs. Kerry making a rare comment now and then about changing the tax code to stop job loss does not engage people on this issue. Most people were probably never aware that he ever said anything about it. When we take other issues off the table we allow Republicans to make the election about gay marriage and abortion. That's the problem with the DLC approach.