[Howlin]

Into the valley of hope ride the 600, the inner ring of Kerry confidants.

Government-in-waiting bump!

[Howlin]

and parts of his life were edited out of his story (adulthood, for example).

Good laughs here!

[MJY1288]

Thanks for the ping! I missed this somehow :-)

Brooks did a good job explaining why all the Kerry hopefuls are circling the wagons from a far, but in reality, the majority of the new additions are simply Vultures circling above a doomed candidate, looking to snatch up some of the major bucks in the Kerry Coffers before the inevitable :-)

[Texasforever]

I read it earlier it is a great piece.

[firewalk]

And yet they come as one, from all corners of the Democratic world, to figure out what John Kerry, age 60, should believe and say...

If he stands for this, he'll lose too many votes.
If he stands for that, he'll lose too many votes.
Confused candidate trying to run for a confused party...

[Amelia]

Too funny!

...not to mention, too true!

Thanks for the ping!

[maica]

Thanks Howlin,

This is brilliant writing!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Thanks a lot. This is my favorite part...

And so it came to pass there are no swing voters left, because they've all been hired by campaign Kerry. They form a great and mighty leviathan, dedicated to the proposition that John Kerry should believe in something. The flow chart is as clear as can be. Sasso reports to Lockhart, Devine, Sosnick, Cutter and Cahill, while Cutter reports to Devine, Mellman, McCurry, Shrum and herself - except on weekends, when Devine reports to Mellman and Sosnick and Cahill reports to McCurry and Sasso. Lockhart handles strategic response, McCurry daily response, Cutter tactical response and Cahill metaresponse.

[StarFan]

And so it came to pass there are no swing voters left, because they've all been hired by campaign Kerry