Such an attitude is why liberal Democrats have not been on the winning track. Self righteousness seems to be a disease that runs rampant among this group, especially when faced with defeat. Truth be told, no one likes being talked down to. Bottom line is that you can't win a national election without the support of hillbillies, as if this pretentious term can be used to describe an entire group of people! Now some liberals are even talking about secession from the Union, blue states versus red states. That's all just plain ridiculous! Bush may have a quite a few faults, but I give him credit for running a campaign that had vision and harked back to a sense of values. People would rather have a leader who thinks in terms of the big picture and who subsequently puts the interests of the country above all else. Democrats are at their best when they run scrappy, populist campaigns that talk to the people rather than over them. That was why Kerry lost in the final analysis. He ran a competent campaign, but he just couldn't find an overarching vision, a reason for running in other words, that was timely. Credit has to be given to the GOP for running a tough campaign as well. The Democrats problem is not their positions, rather its a vision problem. They have to stop running elitist campaigns in order to motivate core voters.