Some Democrats Say Kerry Must Get Back on the Trail

NY Times ^ | 3-20-04 | DAVID M. HALBFINGER and ADAM NAGOURNEY

[the Real fifi]

His friends, OTOH think he ought to stay behind locked doors and keep his mouth shut.

[Betaille]

I'm quite impressed... this was actually somewhat objective and straightforward reporting. I think its hilarious that they think the Bush attacks so far have been so overwhelming. I think Bush hasnt even taken off his fluffy pink mittens yet... when he starts going after Kerry for real, the democrats will go into panic. Shock and Awe baby!

[F.J. Mitchell]

Better to be stumbling, falling down and looking like a complete fool on the slopes in Idaho, than returning to the Flip Flop trail and proving it.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

"When you burn the candle at both ends,"

Huh ? Kerry is handed the nomination on a silver platter, his opposition consisted of Al Sharpton and Dennis Kuchinich, the partisan media was on their knees the whole campaign and poor John is so pooped, he popped ?

Kerry has the "old deer in the headlights " look. Becoming the nominee may have been Kerry's biggest flip flop, to date. He was running for the nomination, but, he didn't really want the nomination.
All the cliches apply to Kerry- Be careful what you wish for, Not ready for prime time, On the job training, This old dog won't hunt, etc.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the DNC HQ and also have a corner on the Maalox concessions in Georgetown.

[squidly]

Kerry was so far out of it most voters didn't even know who he was. So he got the "Anonymous Democrat" vote.

Agreed, and if things continue as they are, a lot of Democrats may recoil from him.

[Betaille]

"He was running for the nomination, but, he didn't really want the nomination."
Do you get the creeping suspicion that Kerry may have taken this vacation in order to think over whether or not he really wants to run? It's not too late for him to drop out yet.

[vaudine]

"I don't think that's fair." Of course you you don't. It is about a fellow Dem. a dim Dem, at that. Of course, when the butt of the joke or complaint is a Repub. all's fair in love and campaigning.

vaudine

[omegab]

I counted the word "attack" 8 times used in the first half of this article. I got tired of counting. The media is so pathetic.

[proxy_user]

Well, what if all his delegates vote for someone else?

Sure, it won't happen, but what if it did?

There is no way the dems could switch candidates as you propose. Not unless they want to lose all fifty states.

[Betaille]

Hah! Sorry about that... Ive become so used to liberal editorializing passing for reporting... I barely even noticed all of the subconcious bias in this article.

[republicangel]

"When you burn the candle at both ends,"

This drives me crazy whenever I hear someone make excuses for him, "oh he's sooo tired".
Excuse me, is Al Queda going to wait for you to come back from vacation and your needed rest to attack?

[Betaille]

"There is no way the dems could switch candidates as you propose."
Sure they could. Kerry would just need to drop out... then the Delegates could choose a candidate at the convention just like they used to. It would be a more disorganized convention than we're used to, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would kill them.

[Springfield45]

"Kerry has all but sewed up the nomination. He has the delegates but the bigger question is if he self-destructs, as I believe he will, will the RATS pull the old switcheroo again like they did in New Jersey?"

Okay, I'm gonna play "devil's advocate" here (probably a sensible thing to do when you're talking about a party as evil as the Dems)....If they try a "Convention Nomination Surprise", who are would they pick at this point who could possibly have a chance of winning for them? Hillary? She's not going to run this time unless she knows for sure she can win...Gore? He doesn't look like he wants to run (or can)...Besides the two of them, who else is there they could nominate?

[Betaille]

"Besides the two of them, who else is there they could nominate?"
Edwards still seems to want it.

[mrsmith]

John "Wasted away again" Kerry's week in song:

Dick threw out my flip-flops.
I tripped on a fed cop.
Acted a heel couldn't snowboard back down.
But the news' in the blender,
And soon it will render,
A well-spun concoction to help me hang on!

Wasted away again in Liberalfantasyville.
Searching for that slick way to the top.
Some people say that it's my woman who pays...
Still I'll lose: "It's Bush/Cheney's fault"!

[sinkspur]

It would be a more disorganized convention than we're used to, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would kill them.

It would kill them. Hillary Clinton (the only possible nominee if Kerry drops out) is even worse than Kerry: more polarizing, less polished, shrill, and would unite the Republicans even more.

[TheLion]

"Gov. Bob Wise, Democrat of West Virginia, a critical state for Mr. Kerry to win, said: "What's important is they've got to come back and rebut them right away, because he's not well known. He clearly has to rebut this, and keep swinging."

He is going to have such a backlog of things to rebutt....he'll probably just fold!

[Joee]

I would like to see his real character magnified when he called the Secret Service agent that knocked him off his snow board a "Son of a Bitch." The agent, reported "Lurch" to higher authority.

Anyone know how it came out???? It's too juicy to let drop.

[proxy_user]

But that's not like New Jersey at all. Torcelli had been nominated, and was campaigning. It was October, and the election was 3 or 4 weeks away.

If the Dems tried replacing a presidential candidate four weeks before the election because he thought he couldn't win, their name would be mud for 100 years thereafter.

[omegab]

...rebut them right away

You can't rebut was is your own doing. There are no attacks going on here only his own record and words are really being used.

John Kerry: "I want to rebut the rebuttal. uh, I think...?