I just switched to Imus rather than listen to Joe Lockhart. Imus is telling Joe Lieberman that he'll vote for Kerry but will be holding his nose to do so. Lieberman is pointing out the good things going on in Iraq. Lieberman says he's voting for Kerry but I have my doubts.
The problem is that the hard core left will vote for him precisely because they know he is lying. He is the 70's radical antiwar candidate through and through. His senate voting record proves this.
His tough talk now is to fool the moderates and undecideds who haven't been paying attention, because he knows that an honest antiwar campaign is a guaranteed loser.
The antiwar left is in on the scam-- their codeword during the primaries was that Kerry is "electable", i.e. he could fool the middle based on his "heroic" Vietnam record. That is why his base is silent when Kerry goes on national television and tries to act tougher than Bush. They know that it is a lie, pandering to the mushy middle.
If not for the swifties, he may well have succeded. Even now, it is going to be close.