Did Kilgore’s lack of attention to the abortion question cost him the election?
Norman has this to say:
“Lazy voters.”
I’d be willing to bet that some of those lazy voters would have gone to the polls with glee if the Kilgore campaign had given them a compelling reason to do so. That the campaign failed to do that begs the question: were the voters lazy, or was the campaign’s messaging flaccid?
My experience being entirely ancedotal, I can say that many Catholic and otherwise pro-life activists simply didn’t come out to vote. Not to say that I didn’t encourage them to do so at least for Bolling and McDonnell, but there was simply no compelling reason to vote for Kilgore other than the fact he wasn’t Tim Kaine.
Might have worked for Bush in 2004, but Kaine is a likeable fellow. Kerry is a Tax-achusetts Vietnam-era pro-abort liberal Democrat. I’ll vote against him for Bush.
Come to think of it, what was the #1 issue for the Kilgore campaign?