[counterpunch]

Kerry has been running his campaign in reverse since he got into the race. He ran as a "centrist" in the Democrat primaries when he should have been running as a liberal. Because of this, he alienated a lot of his base who hated him only a little less than they hated Lieberman. (Supporting Lieberman on DU would get you banned, supporting Kerry would merely get you run out of town.)

Then, after winning one of the weakest turnout primaries in the history of the Democrat party, Kerry allowed himself to be defined by the opposition while he was still doing the disastrous military parade. When he should have been clearly defining himself, he was obfuscating.

Now as the general election campaign started heating up, Kerry found himself with incredibly weak support both in general and among his base. So he has now been working hard to capture the base now with strong protest statements, when he should be running as a moderate and obfuscating his liberal record.

You follow his campaign strategy compared to how a successful campaign should be run, you you can clearly see it has been exactly backwards since day one.

[claudiustg]

---Then, after winning one of the weakest turnout primaries in the history of the Democrat party, Kerry allowed himself to be defined by the opposition while he was still doing the disastrous military parade. When he should have been clearly defining himself, he was obfuscating.---

Now he seems to be running on the Iraq war when he's not bragging about how he won the debate. However he's not running as an anti-war candidate, but on the preposterous notion that he could do a better job carrying out George Bush's policies!

Bush by 10 points.