And Gore lost in Tennessee because the people there still tend to be racist, homophobic, uninformed folk who flocked to the Republican party for the wrong reasons. Not the sensible ideas of small government, individual liberties, and states rights but the base negativity of exclusion, gay hating, racism, and fear. They are the kind of people who feel that McCain was to socially liberal but loved Palin. The whole Acorn thing was a real issue that was over covered by fox news, just like the NY times spent to much covering the jamming of phone banks on the other side.
Originally Posted by Blue 
Yeah, by Al Goring getting spanked in his home state, it came down to a situation where the votes were within the statistical margin of error. Had Gore not got spanked at home, Florida would not have mattered.
Edit: lets not leave out Oh in the 2004 election or ACORN in the past one.