A mugging in progress!
Posted on 07/03/2004 2:47:16 AM PDT by Elkiejg
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Party insiders who three weeks ago saw Sen. John Kerry as a sure presidential election winner now concede that President George W. Bush has made at least a temporary comeback.
Bush has prospered, in these Democrats' view, less because of his own efforts than uncontrollable events and Kerry's failures. The prospective Democratic nominee's campaign was eclipsed by Ronald Reagan's death, Bill Clinton's book and the Iraq handover. However, the Democrats complain Kerry's campaign has done a poor job of presenting the candidate to the public.
The Kerry camp has responded to these critics by saying that the Democratic National Convention, beginning in Boston July 26, will introduce him to voters at large. Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, enjoyed his first big spurt in the polls during the 1992 convention in New York.
MITT IN '08?
Republican talk on Capitol Hill in Washington about presidential prospects for 2008 has turned to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as a conservative who was moderate enough to win in a liberal Democratic state.
Romney has attracted interest among social conservatives with his strong stand against legalizing homosexual marriage. He has not been solidly pro-life, but could tighten his position on abortion if he campaigns for the nomination.
A footnote: There is no clear favorite of the party's right wing to succeed George W. Bush. Support for Colorado Gov. Bill Owens declined after his divorce. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would be favored, were it not for political apprehension about a Bush dynasty.
BUSH-HOFFA DIVORCE
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa's resignation from President Bush's Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations is viewed as an unconditional divorce of the attempted Bush-Hoffa political marriage by go-betweens who spent years trying to put it together.
"I will no longer lend legitimacy to a sham process, in which our views and those of other important U.S. constituencies are not respected," said Hoffa. Bush's signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement was considered the last straw by Hoffa. Nobody on either side expects the partnership to be reconstructed, even if Bush wins re-election.
Bush and Hoffa were closest when the president was pressing for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, but they have found little to agree on since then. Starting with his active participation in Rep. Richard Gephardt's presidential candidacy, Hoffa became increasingly critical of Bush.
GETTING DASCHLE
Seeking to defeat Senate Democratic Leader Thomas Daschle for re-election in South Dakota, conservative publisher Jameson Campaigne of Ottawa, Ill., is soliciting funds to mail a book called "The Other Side of Tom Daschle" to every one of 290,000 households in his state.
The book is written by lawyer Talmage Ekanger, a Federalist Society member from Milbank, S.D., and is published by Campaigne's Green Hill Publishers. It purports to contrast South Dakota's conservatism with Daschle's record in Washington. Its chapters include "Abortion Any Time for Any Reason," "Daschle vs. Catholic Church" and "Waving the Homosexual Agenda."
Polls indicate that Daschle is in a close race for a fourth term with his Republican opponent, former Rep. John Thune.
And isn't this good news about Daschle? I bet if they put that book out on the net for sale, they'll make tons of money!
I seriously doubt that the first "big spurt" Bill Clinton enjoyed didn't come until after the 1992 Democratic Convention.
We're getting more candidate roll outs with kerry than we did with gore. At least with gore they were different. We got gore-the-statesman, gore-the-passionate, gore-the-alpha-male. With current guy, we get kerry-the-same, every time. His campaign would probably be better if maybe he was a viet nam vet or something.
Actually they've done an excellent job. They've kept him in the closet.
I'm still half expecting Kerry to pull off a mask and reveal Dukakis standing there.
I think we had a true Bush "comeback" courtesy of the passing of Pres. Reagan. It changed the way a lot of Americans see the presidency. It had to open a lot of minds and force them to see the difference between a Kerry or Bush presidency. They are after all night and day. The similarities between Bush and Reagan were so striking that it may have turned the tide.
I think all the pollsters are going to be embarassed in the end. Bush will trounce Kerry and it won't even be close. Any longtime political junkie can see that from a mile away. At least that is what I keep telling myself....then again, 49 million voted for Gore.
re: Seeking to defeat Senate Democratic Leader Thomas Daschle for re-election in South Dakota, conservative publisher Jameson Campaigne of Ottawa, Ill., is soliciting funds to mail a book called "The Other Side of Tom Daschle" to every one of 290,000 households in his state.
The book is written by lawyer Talmage Ekanger, a Federalist Society member from Milbank, S.D., and is published by Campaigne's Green Hill Publishers.
Does anyone have a link for this? I could not find one via Google. Seems like an excellent project, and a natural for online PayPal contributions.
Exactly right. The more the US public knows about Kerry, the worse it is for the Dems. It is hard to believe that so many pundits give this guy a chance. He is the most liberal senator in Congress from the most liberal state in the US, Massachusetts. His principal supporter is Ted Kennedy. Besides having the baggage of the most liberal voting record, a singular lack of achievement as a legislator over a 20 year period, and being a billionaire, Kerry has an unsavory past as a member of the VVAW and associating with the likes of Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark.
With only 17% of the American public being self-described liberals, the Dems have nominated a lackluster candidate who is stiff, unappealing, and uninspiring. Once the GOP starts laying some heavy leather on this guy, Kerry will plummet like a stone. Bush is going to win in a landslide.
A mugging in progress!
Jeb the Rockafeller RINO green-republican land grabber is "right wing" now? If so, the GOP is in worse shape than I though.
After having him as my governor, I pray to God he never gets anywhere near the presidency.
and to realize that 9/11 WAS NEVER REPEATED--not because Al Quaida didn't try--not because the terrorists didn't want to repeat it--but BECAUSE OF THE SUPURB LEADERSHIP OF ONE MAN, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
The Left-wing propaganda has intensified, and it's going to get worse. The fate of the United States and of the world hinges on American steadfastness in the face of a relentless, ubiquitous, ruthless propaganda campaign, unprecedented in history, even in Nazi Germany--and the Left-wing propaganda blitz is going to become even more intense as November approaches.
Americans must remain steadfast. The fate of the world depends on it.
It's all part of distorting the information reaching the public. These people consider that their duty (truth be damned!)--and, even it it's not, then...their desire...so they're going to do it anyway.
Much of the public is aware of what these people are up to. There is no other explanation for the steadfastness of President Bush's support under such an endless, relentless barrage of propaganda, unprecedented in history.
Let's hope the remainder of the American people see through the left-wing, anti-Bush propaganda and recognize the truth.
Yeah, only Kennedys, Cuomos and Clintons are allowed to have dynasties.
Speaking of which, it's amazing that the Demos are allowing Chappaqudick Ted to take over their convention. Would you buy a used car from this man?? 
Abu Ghraib in particular frosts me since a stupid feminist politically correct general preened during the Clinton years is *DIRECTLY* responsible for what came out of Abu Ghraib (the truth is, what went on there doesn't really upset me very much and is nothing compared with cutting off someone's head -- what upsets me is allowing the enemies of the United States like the Democrats to exploit it...)
If Bush went down in the polls and Kerry went up, for a while, only an idiot would assume this is because of something the stealth candidate from the Socialist International actually did to increase his popularity...
I don't think Bush has squandered that "good will," and I think he is an effective campaigner. He did a decent job campaigning to keep control of the Senate in the mid-term elections.
Since a poll swing of about 4 points translates into a landslide, I must conclude the job is Bush's if he wants it.
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