Wise Up Kerry, You Lost Them Awhile Ago!

I really enjoyed (and just happen to agree 100% with) the article by James Verini titled, “It's the Incompetence, Stupid” for Salon.com on December 16th, 2004. Besides MoveOn.org earning the “Most Likely to Piss Off a Supporter Award” because of their poor response time, untrained coordinators and notorious reputation for doing absolutely no prior research on the communities they were working in, the Kerry Campaign had it’s own troubles from the start.

As Verini suggested, too many people were voting against Bush and not specifically for Kerry. It was their hatred for Bush that got them to, or drove them away, from the polls on Election Day. On the other hand, it seemed Republicans really believed in Bush and his entourage which motivated them to vote and to turn out in droves to volunteer and mobilize other voters.

Keeping with our technological focus, what could Kerry have done? Democrats didn’t identify with the man running for President of the United States on their behalf! It’s kind of sad… What about more emails? How about a weekly test message “from” Kerry thanking supporters for all their hard work? Or just wishing everyone a great day?