Kerry's in deep, Deep doodoo, and will say and do anything to keep his base's attention, so he'll get at least a few liberal votes, and to keep the contributions flowing.
Amazing that with all the money Kerry's been taking in, and spending, the huge Soros money base backing him, plus the covert millions Terayza's putting out, that a teeny tiny SBV $250K ad started Kerry's collapse, while Bush's convention finished Kerry off.
FWIW, my take on Kerry's near panicked midnight rally, after Bush's speech, is not that it was a reaction to the GOP convention, rather, it was a desperate pre-emptive stike against what is still to come from the SBVFT.