[Boundless]

> ... he's [Bush] just now getting ads out ...

The electorate has a short memory. Howard who?

There's not a whole lot of point in clobbering Kerry too
soon. In particular, there's NO point in making it so
obvious that JFK will lose, that the Dems find some way to
replace him with someone more electable.

But it is important to make sure the Dems think that a Dem
can't beat Bush (keep it close). For if they think Bush is
really beatable, then Hillary will replace Kerry at the
convention (or even later, NJ-style).

Bush also needs to not debate Kerry ...
... until after Kerry has debated himself.

[My2Cents]

if they think Bush is really beatable, then Hillary will replace Kerry at the convention (or even later, NJ-style).

Or Ron Brown-style.