If the Kerry campaign was focused...

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Originally Posted by lookout123

If they were focused on winning they would pay more attention to what is going on today than what happened 35 years ago. If Kerry had gone into the DNC talking about Iran and Korea, he would have gotten the bounce he hoped for.

That Kerry has run a poor campaign - we agree. At this point, Kerry should have some message. Clinton discovered and then promoted a message later summarized as "Its the economy stupid".

Kerry has so many obvious points to pick on. Up front, he should be asking why we make no effort to get bin Laden. Why George Jr opposed world trade (which is actually not popular among right and left wing Americans). The perversion of science - especially stem cell research. That is has become so unfriendly to be an American overseas. Record budget deficits (unfortunatley Cheney is right - Americans don't care about massive debts until they jobs are lost ten years later). The destruction of Hubble and a pathetic, stupid Man on Mars program.

These are not easy things to promote in sound bytes. But Kerry does not have a sound byte to rally his people. Neither did Gore. It means a low voter turnout except among right wing extremists who are so good at getting their people to vote.