[oceanview]

the Bush campaign never planned on running any negative ads about Kerry's vietnam era antics. I can't see how this restricts them from doing something they weren't going to do anyway. its like me being restricted from skydiving.

I still say the key now is to shift the focus to the message of the second ad. the first ad is becoming a "we said/he said".

[e_castillo]

Bush has never run a really tough campaign like some people here expect. What's the saying If you wrestle with a pig you end up covered in mud and the pig's just happy! even if you don't jump in the mud, the pig will still accuse you of getting mud on him! In Texas he beat Ann Richards by running on his ideas and I don't really see him changing his style much these days.

I was reading an article on the Internet which stated that over half of the Internet users in the US are now on broadband connections. This has enabled a huge audience for the Swiftvets and they are taking advantage of it. The second ad will have it's effect pretty soon just like the first one did.