What this article says to me is that a Washington Times reporter called up this guy to get his response to the poll numbers and he replied with what was on his mind. I have no reason to believe he was representing campaign thinking--if anything, he was probably straying way off the reservation.
The fact that some polls show NJ tied is news to Mullen indicates how far out of the loop he must be because we've known about them here on FR for several weeks now--along with polls showing Kerry with an 8-12 point lead over Bush. Mullen may be a power player in NJ politics, but it's a big leap from there to the Kerry campaign.
If someone's going to make a claim that this article shows an admission on the part of Kerry or the Kerry campaign, that has to be backed up. It ain't there.
Maybe, beinf from Taxachussetts, you like Kerry, but when WaPo is
reporting it as well, you can't really chalk it up to the Wa Times lack of affection for the guy.
But privately, party Democrats acknowledged that if Kerry has some work to do in capturing the hearts, if not minds, of the base, then he must really hustle to win over the crucial swing voters who will probably decide the election
Yeah, thas a good sign when the last guy carried the state by 15....rme.