Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Dean's Done

Results show now that Dean is probably going to have to close up shop, even though he says he won't right away. Edwards has done very well, and now is in a good position to challenge Kerry on substantive issues. Interestingly, as I watch , Tad Devine of the Kerry campaign is dodging any suggestion by Sean Hannity to have a head-to-head debate with Edwards. No wonder why -- Kerry is pretty vulnerable to attack over his flip-flops on NAFTA, the war, and any number of other issues. In short, when you start checking Kerry on credibility and consistency, there's nobody there.

If Kerry is the nominee, and I don't think that's a sure thing yet, the Dems are really going to be trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Kerry's only tactic at this point has been to attack Bush in vague terms -- e.g., that Bush somehow chose the "wrong way" to deal with Iraq when there was a "right way" that only Kerry seems to understand.

"Anybody but Bush" is not a campaign to run on. Eventually, Kerry's going to have to defend his votes and come up with some ideas of his own. If he doesn't, even the mainstream media are going to get sick of covering him and backing him up.

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