I have no trouble buying this in one respect. The only picture that most of the masses have of Kerry is the rosey one that is painted by the Liberal press. The only picture they have of Bush is the negative one painted by that same press. That press will keep hammering on "Bush lied" and "Jobless recovery."
Meanwhile President Bush is driving many of his base to feel uncomfortable voting for him. They may stay home, while those in the middle will do the "comfortable" thing and vote for that nice young man Clinton Kerry. It looks more and more like the circumstances that beat his father.
Meanwhile President Bush is driving many of his base to feel uncomfortable voting for him. They may stay home, while those in the middle will do the "comfortable" thing and vote for that nice young man Clinton Kerry. It looks more and more like the circumstances that beat his father.Bill Clinton was an OUTSTANDING campaigner. And it was hard to convince people that a Southern governor in favor of welfare reform was a dangerous leftist. Let's hope for Kerry, but as a senator with a liberal voting record, even Edwards is far more vulnerable to opposition research than was Clinton. So, no, this does not look like 1992.
Elections are decided by swing voters. It's that simple. The only way a conviction politician like Reagan wins is by convincing swing voters he is just a regular likeable moderate, but this is beyond all but a very few masters. To win, Bush has to convince people that he is not the right winger they say he is.