I think if the democrats ran anybody else but Kerry in 2004, they woulddda won. I still would not have voted for Kerry. He was even dumber.
I voted for Bush in exchange for a vote for the Toyota Center. Toyota Center passed pretty easily the second time, so I think I probably didn't need to make the trade. Of course, as a voter in Texas, my presidential vote didn't really count for anything either, so what does it matter.