Posted on 07/14/2004 6:10:58 PM PDT by antivenom
WASHINGTON - Despite promises to expand the election playing field, John Kerry has reduced his ad spending in Missouri, Arizona and throughout the South in the run-up to the Democratic presidential convention.
Kerry's advisers said they were not shrinking their political map, only saving resources for later in the campaign and redirecting ad money to hotly contested states like Florida and Ohio. President Bush's campaign called the strategy a sign of weakness in GOP-leaning territory.
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I set a Favorite for that page! Excellent website!
With a few breaks, they could fall into our camp. If they do, then W wins in an electoral landslide. That may be a longshot, but it is still a possibility.
Who knows what events the next few months will bring.
Considering just how much of an advantage Gore had in 2K, I'm not at all worried about Kerry.
Consider;
1) Gore was considered a moderate by the populace. No way can Kerry pull off the facade. He is without a doubt the most leftwing candidate to ever win a major party nomination.
2) Gore could claim credit for a supposedly good economy.
3) Democrats didn't have to tallk about national security concerns because only a tiny percent of the electorate was worried about it.
4) Gore had the benefits of, essentially, incumbency.
5) The Left's hold on the media, while still strong, is weaker then 4 years ago.
6) Kerry has even less charisma then Gore.
7) MA elitists don't play well outside of MA. Gore's farmboy upbringing was a hoax, but one he could sell. Kerry is pretty much the antithesis of the average American.
and I could go on.
Mark my words. Barring something incredibly dumb on Bush's part (ie: dumping Cheney) he will win in a landslide.
I have heard that the "special interests groups" who are NOT held to election funds controls have OUT RAISED money BIG time over GW....T-H-A-T is troubling...
Kerry is another Ed Muskie without the charisma. Come to think of it, they have the same long face. Hmmm!
YUP...Gore was as exciting as a dead tree...
Kerry is as exciting as an empty styrofoam cup...
Kerry will not win Florida. Same strategy the RATs used to defeat Jeb -- media even had polls tightening in 2002 and Jeb blew McBride out of the water.
Would expect the same thing to happen as this time every last Republican and Republican leaning voter in the Panhandle will stay and vote!
Barring something incredibly dumb on Bush's part (ie: dumping Cheney) he will win in a landslide.
There's no point in him running ads in the South. The only state where he has even a chance is Florida.
"You might want to take a look at last Monday's column"
Lots of typos on that page.
his CHANCE is based on fraud...
Ray
Somebody ought to post the two pics side by side.
GW Bush will carry Florida with ease! He will pick off ten to twenty percent of the Jewish vote in south Florida and that will doom Kerry! All American Jewish voters are not idiots. As a matter of fact any Jew in America that votes for Kerry/Edwards is voting for their own death warrant!!!
Have you seen any ads down here? I haven't yet, from either party, but we don't watch much network TV.
I want to believe you, but how do you explain the last three polls? (See Dales Electoral College Breakdown, posted above)
I heard today (Rush) that Kerry's campaign staff employs THOUSANDS -- many attorney's, etc. Wonder if he is going the route that Al Gore went in 2000, when he had to slash his staff because of the out-of-control expenditures. Dims don't do budgeting very well.
It wasn't luck, ww. It was hard work and perserverance by a lot of people, including us FLA FReepers, that stopped the democRATS from cheating-out a theft for algore.
After that fiasco was finally over, I predicted that in 2002, Florida would be shown to be 2/3'ds Republican, since the new, tamper-proof voting machines would be in place, and the old 'punch-card', easily cheatable machinery would hit the scrap-heap.
I was right! Florida is solid for GWB!...........FRegards
AND, Kerry's strategy of bringing Edwards on to the ticket in order to force GW to spend more$ in the south, thus taking resources from the central and modweat battleground states has apparently gone pffffft! NC poll shows GW fifteen points up!!! LOL!
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