Outside debate advisors to the Kerry campaign are telling Sen. John Kerry's team to cool the candidate's smugness. They said that they worry that Kerry will bring his practice of acting smarter than the President into the debates and that it could undermine his performance. The advisers said it's a typical characteristic of lawmakers, especially senators, who run for national office: Since they know more about the legislative process, they act like they know more than the president. Also, Kerry is known to make belittling comments about how Bush didn't get the high grades Kerry did in college. "They try to impress people about how smart they are," said one adviser of senators. But, he added, voters in presidential elections care more about how strong a leader the candidate is, not how smart.
Perhaps he should hire Naomi Wolfe...she is clearly miffed that W and his team are doing so well and thinks it is because of the colors everyone wore at the convention. Fun article, long but fun...NAOMI WOLFE SEZ
"Teresa is publicly, subliminally cuckolding Kerry with the power of a dead man.”......."Unfortunately, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s speech, which all but ignored her husband, did more to emasculate him than the opposition ever could. By publicly shining the light on herself rather than her husband, she opened a symbolic breach in Kerry’s archetypal armor. Listen to what the Republicans are hitting Kerry with: Indecisive. Effete. French. They are all but calling this tall, accomplished war hero gay."
She, Naomi, also talks about the color coordination of the Republican Convention-says even the Cheney grandkids were dressed to coordinate with the color scheme and that Laura wore that lovely shade of blue to denote a precious gem. (While Laura is indeed, precious, I personally heard Oscar delaRenta say he used that color for her because it matched her eyes..Naomi is obsessed with colors...)