election thoughts, of course

so, to join most of my friends-list, here's a brief (v. brief) summary of my election thoughts. definitely not happy about the result. i voted for kerry, despite the fact that i think he wasn't a very good candidate, and i'm very sad to see bush win. the thing is, though, i think that people (my whole campus) are being a bit melodramatic about it all. yes, bush sucks. yes, there are a lot of things we don't agree with in terms of his policy. but honestly, i have a hard time believing kerry would be hugely different. he was just not strong enough of a personality and made bad campaign decisions, so i don't know how effective he would be as a leader of this country. i mean, a leader needs to have a platform other than "i'm not bush!" yes, that's a reason to vote for him, but really, it didn't make me feel very good about voting. the other thing is, it's kerry's fault he lost. that seems like a silly thing to say, but really, it was his election to win or lose. there are so many people who hate bush that kerry should've had an easier time with it than he did. i think he was a bad candidate for the democratic party, and even ignoring that, i think he did a bad job with his campaign. he needed to take stronger positions on everything and not base a major part of his campaign on the fact that he's not bush. he clearly convinced a lot of people, but not enough...i feel like his effort just got off to a slow start, and that hurt him significantly. not only did he lose time, he also lost some status, if that makes sense. if he had gotten off to a better start, i think people, including myself, would've felt more confident about having him as our leader.

so yes. that's a ramdly summary of my thoughts. now, there's not a lot to do but wait and see what happens. that, or move to canada, i guess.