Could Gephardt have swung Missouri?

I was a big fan of the Edwards pick, but looking back with 20/20, I wonder...

If Gephardt could have swung Missouri and Iowa (wouldn't have taken much there), we'd be on the way to the Whitehouse right now with, I believe, 270 Electoral votes. I don't think that Edwards on the ticket helped win a single state that Kerry wouldn't have won anyway. I'd be happier with Edwards as VP than Gephardt, but I'd also be happier if we were in the White House than not.

Just thinking. I'm sure it's been discussed before.

david

and Bob Graham might have won Florida. I'd like to know what people think John Edwards contributed to the campaign?

and I thought the press would follow it. You gotta admit Kerry could be kinda boring and Gephardt can be VERY boring. Edwards, I thought, would be a rock star, and would get everyone to the polls.

In the end, though, the press pretty much ignored Edwards and he brought very little to the campaign.

Good guy, bad coverage.

david

Arkansas and Kentucky, all of which went for the moron Boosh.

I still stand behind Edwards though. He was my top pick. I am sure they had a reason for not picking Gep. (likely voting record). Vilsak would have been an interesting choice too.

kcmo.
Even with gephardts union support i dont believe he could have beaten bush..
Kerry did pretty good in mo in the big cities

If Kerry couldnt excite voters to vote for him Gephardt sure as hell couldnt.
ounty Reporting

Unofficial Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
KANSAS CITY
Office Candidate Party Votes % of Votes
U.S. President And Vice President Precincts Reporting 404 of 404
John F. Kerry, John Edwards DEM 102,233 73.8%
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney REP 35,529 25.7%
Michael Badnarik, Richard V. Campagna LIB 486 .4%
Michael A. Peroutka, Chuck Baldwin CST 203 .1%
Ralph Nader WI 0 .0%
Total Votes 138,451


County Reporting

Unofficial Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
ST LOUIS COUNTY
Office Candidate Party Votes % of Votes
U.S. President And Vice President Precincts Reporting 480 of 480
John F. Kerry, John Edwards DEM 294,402 54.4%
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney REP 244,388 45.1%
Michael Badnarik, Richard V. Campagna LIB 1,721 .3%
Michael A. Peroutka, Chuck Baldwin CST 822 .2%
Ralph Nader WI 0 .0%
Total Votes 541,333

I didn't mean as the actual candidate. I don't think he would have done as well as Kerry in some other states, but as VP in the Midwest, he might have pulled enough to put us over the top... maybe?

david

Clark although was kind of raw when it mcame to politics he would have appealed better to white males then edwards

You're probably right on Clark. I woulda loved to see him in the debate with Cheney.

Oh well. You can't go back in time.

or can you...???

david

wouldn't have been an asset.

but certain Democrats didn't like his vote on the war resolution, so they decided we'd be better off losing.

I really don't know, but I hope to God he did!

david

todays climate of post-911. His voting record is to the right of both Edwards and Kerry, which would be good in pulling indies and centrists.

but most voters are pardon my french simple and soundbyte driven.
People voted for a man they would rather have a beer with..Even though hes a recovering alcoholic..
Lets face it any candidate we presented even in the vice slot..The repukes and thier media whores would create a theme about said oponent parrot the label and jo schmo soundbyte voter would swallow it and vote for bush.
We lost because the message was formed and echoed by a republican pandering media...
even npr was pumping the flip flop swiftboat crap..you cant beat the message

and a dollar short. What does it matter?

I guess.

Moping too.

david

since the election was stolen.