"The problem with this wishful thinking is, this isn't a Massachusetts' election and we're at war".
Yes, and kerry is not facing a mentally unstable, liberal Governor from CT! President Bush is NOT unstable, and will give no "Yeeeeeaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiarghhhhhhhh" moment!
The MAJORITY of Vets that supported kerry during ALL of his Senate runs have left him. They are now (for the most part) part of the opposition. Thirdly, America has gotten to know the Senator, and he scares the beejeezus out of 60% of us!
Finally, kerry will face charges in the press about his collusion with our enemy (North Vietnamese and VC), and treasonous charges stemming from meetings held with them in both PARIS, and HANOI! His Swiftboat has been TORPEDOED!!!!
"My boat is sinking, and I'm M E L T I N G... m e l t i n g... melt.... arghhhhhhhhh"!
LLS
Ya know, the last thing people would describe W as is elegant, but he has really conducted an elegant campaign so far, topped off with the elegant speech at the convention. He's been as nasty as he needs to be -- I'm not calling him a wimp -- but he's been classy. When the surrogates, primarily Cheney, deconstruct the opponent, they make it as impersonal as possible. It's just been classy, and the President, as usual, has been playing poker with one hand and chess with the other.