Bush took advantage of both problems and then used his New York convention last week to hammer Kerry as unreliable on national defense and to present himself as the candidate best able to keep the country safe against terrorism. The first two polls taken after Bush's convention, by Time and Newsweek, showed an immediate boost, with Kerry trailing by 11 percentage points in both -- the largest deficit either candidate has suffered in the campaign. Kerry campaign officials said their internal polls also put Bush in the lead, but by a narrower margin.
Wasn't this one of Karl Rove's top signs of blood in the water?
On the cruise ship, Kool-Aid,,,,,,,,the chairs are shuffled.
Yet another fumble by Kerry. Rather than pick one person to run the whole shebang, he brings in Sasso to be "Senior Adult" on Kerry's campaign plane, while leaving Cahill to run the show on the ground. I'm sure there will be lots of fun phone calls between the two for the next 60 days! This is supposed to help him compress his decision loop and respond better?
Uhhh, sure. Look there goes another flying pig!!!!!
Whistling past the graveyard. Let's have more of this "reshuffling," shall we? (laughing)
Like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
When leftist cartoonists start running pictures of the USS Kerry sinking ala titanic, THEN it might be something. I think this is to lull us into a false sense of confidence.
Because his only truthful answer would be to agree with the statements.
...will help in drawing a sharper contrast with Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Yup,Yup,Yup. It will certainly do that. Not to Kerry's benefit of course.But sharp contrast will exist.
Kerry shuffles his campaign staff,
will be known in the future as, the moment
Kerry's campaign jumped the shark.
Hmmm. Kerry replaces top female campaign staffers -- Cahill and Cutter -- with four more white males. Still does nothing to address lack of racial diversity in his top team. Donna Brazile, Al Sharpton and Emily's List, are you watching?
Crosswalk.com - Sep 01 10:55 AM
Dems Turn Defensive on Possible Kerry Campaign Shakeup
Robert B. Bluey
Staff Writer
New York (CNSNews.com) - Rumors of a possible shakeup of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's presidential campaign put Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe on the defensive Wednesday when peppered with questions from reporters.
"There will be no major campaign shakeups.
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1282610.html
We were against a shakeup just before we were for it.
His defenders say Kerry is a "great closer." I'm not much for Mass. politics so I couldn't say.
I purchased the video, "THE HANOI HILTON" at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. It was on sale for $5.99. I recall seeing the movie on television many years ago. I had a chance to watch the movie yesterday and now the movie, more than ever is relevant to the anti-war activities of John Kerry during the Vietnam War. Especially how the POW's were tortured many times due to the actions of John Kerry, Jane Fonda and their friends in the media.
If you have an opportunity to view it I recommend highly that you see this movie. It is a glimpse of what the POW's went through while held prisoner by the Communist North Vietnamese.
The video is available from Amazon and other online video stores.
From website: "Shot in the Dark" http://www.shotinthedark.info/
"In 1987, Lionel Chetwynd's excellent Hanoi Hilton received widely-mixed reviews (many of them politically-motivated). Worse, its distributor essentially sat on the movie, under pressure from Hollywood leftists, for its treatment of Jane Fonda. The movie depicted life at North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison accurately - but it changed the last names of the prisoners, and of their visitors, including Jane Fonda. An actress who represents Fonda ("Paula") does everything Fonda is said to have done while in the Hilton. That was one of several stories that Hollywood didn't want told (that and, of course, the moral of the story; the men survived because of their military training and warrior ethic). "Hanoi Hilton" was buried, received a tiny theatrical release, and is hard to find on video today. (Do it if you can - it's an excellent movie)."
I'm not a poll guy (we still have to win on November 2), but if 52% of the voters are OK with an incumbent, it's usually over.