"Kerry was tapped as the better teacher and — oh, so crucially — slightly cooler"
Kerry as slightly cooler. I find that hard to believe.
Cooler? I've heard that, up close and personal, he's downright frigid to most people.
Believe it. One picture of Ketchup Boy windsurfing is all it takes for the twentynothings with the Nintendo stares to decide he's "Cool" and they should vote for him.
And the Demonrats know that, too... they'll "dumb down" their message to "Reach" the twentynothing crowd. (Not that their message could get much dumber as it is, mind you, but...)