"We've got 'em right where they want us"
> ... the bottom line is that the Kerry campaign still
> doesn't understand that their real problem is their
> candidate and his baggage.
To be more precise, the long-time Kerry loyalists don't
understand that they have two problems:
1. their candidate, whose past is a failing fiction, and
2. the Clinton people, who orchestrated the emergence of
Kerry as the Designated Loser, and who are on hand to
ensure that he loses (by just a little, but loses).
I call this the betrayal within the betrayal, and the
Kerry loyalists are likely still in denial on both scores.
The Clinton members of the campaign know exactly what's
up, and are now working to narrow the loss, so that there
will be a messy aftermath (recounts, suits, etc).
If the Clintons thought they had miscalculated, and that perhaps Kerry was going to win in the fall anyway, they would have made sure that Hillary was the Veep. When Edwards was announced as the Veep, I knew Bush's chances were very, very good, no matter what the polls showed.
I knew the Clinton team would be on our side, and let's face it, they're pretty good at subtle and dirty politics.