Yeah, sure. Ketchup Boy just loves the fact that Dean is now hogging the spotlight AND the campaign contributions. It's all part of the Kerry Master Plan to let Dean surge ahead. < /sarcasm>
Steve Elmendorf, an adviser to Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, said that Dean is a ''problem for Kerry, rather than for us.''
But...but didn't Ketchup Boy's campaign manager say how HAPPY he was that Dean is ahead?
Jordan said that the Kerry campaign is ''millions ahead of schedule'' and that the $11 million is ''more than any Democratic presidential candidate has ever had at this stage of campaigning.
Translation: "Kerry recieved about $7 million in contributions the first quarter so he will be getting only about $4 million this quarter. Rather than portray this as a big dropoff in contributions, we will focus on the $11 million total."
Edwards's aides insisted they were not disappointed by the decline in his total. ''Our strategy was to have the biggest number the first quarter, put it on the board the first quarter, to show our campaign was viable,'' Edwards spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri said.
It looks like Ketchup Boy's campaign isn't the only one that can come up with incredibly lame excuses.