On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:37 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> Except for the little point that it was that left constituency that elected him.
> He ran on a progressive platform.
That was his base, but they would have voted for any Democrat - probably even Joe Lieberman. But the swing votes were all the independents who were just anti-Bush. His platform was rather vague, but did include a pledge to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
Doug