I agree..One thing I noted that had many posters wringing their hands:
5. Stood aloof. From the dirty stuff. The new wild card in this campaign was the 527s. W mildly dissed the Swifties, but otherwise gave the impression of paying no attention to the 527s. Which was the right thing for *him* to do. (But see my point on Kerry below.)
Many posters here were outraged by the dirty ads and wanted Bush to respond..understandable.. but it usually only dignifies the accusations.
It worked for Bush to stay above the fray...It did not work for Kerry..because the swifties and their ads were so powerful and credible to everyone but the MSM and lefty libs and Kerry could not afford such close scrutiny?
The one thing Kerry did right was make it very unlikely that The Hildabeest will be nominated in 2008.