"we haven't had our convention and have not even began to fight."
That's a good point... but why havent we begun to fight yet? Rove has squandered over a hundred million dollars so far on ads that I think are ineffective and off-message. I want to see them get focused. I'm not willing to imagine the possiblity of a President Kerry so these boys in the Bush camp better get their act together.
I've seen the commericals -- Rove has gone very fluffy Reagan-like "it's morning in America" with most of the campaign thus far. I can't quiver with it. It worked for Reagan in 1984 and he won in a landslide over Mondale.
Mondale also was running close after his convention.
It's not time to panic. The Dems had their convention and the map pretty much is status quo from 2000 (with the exceptions of NH and WV). That's a good thing. Kerry should be far ahead, but he's not.
We need to stop dwelling on the negative and getting the positive out -- that the economy is good, that Bush has kept us safe, that Bush has liberated the Iraqi and Afghani people, that he is taking it to the war on terror, etc.
I am tired of the doom and gloom politics that the Kerry folks are running on and can't believe that you are buying into it.