Nov 2004 election coming soon to a neighborhood near you

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Connie,

I read in the paper this morning that a Dem just took the mayorship
of Houston by a whopping 68% to 32%: grounds for some optimism, no?

I thought of Dukakis when I was writing my email, another
short type person. As voting decisions in a democracy rest on 
random impulses on the part of unintelligent people, shortness 
can be significant: Reagan was physically more impressive than 
Carter for example, especially when riding a horse.

Mike

Connie Clark wrote:
> 
> Hilary gave it a 50/50 for the dems to win next year in her interview
> with Tim Russert.  I had heard that Karl Rove is salivating over Dean
> as Dem candidate.  I would agree with that assessment, even though I
> like Dean just fine, and he is going to be hard to be denied the
> nomination.  However, I took note that Hilllary also said that her
> husband had only 2% of the vote in the first two shots at the primary,
> so who knows.
> 
> But about Dean, I believe that the Republicans feel very confident,
> and will run the same race that they ran against Dukakis in 1988 for
> Bush senior.  On the side, a couple of rigid repubs lost city council
> run-offs here in Houston Saturday, which is not a bad sign.
> 
> Connie