spurster
10-02-2004, 09:20 PM
and is catching up in the Presidential race.
Maybe you were as perplexed as I was trying to figure out how Kerry could have won the Democratic nomination, yet be so lackluster in his campaign afterwards. I think the answer is that the Democrats had a zillion debates (wasn't it about once a week for a while) and John Kerry shines in this type of comparison. Frankly, I didn't pay attention to any of the Democratic debates in part because Kerry had the nomination wrapped up well before the Texas primary, and they had stopped debating (I voted for Dean BTW (insert primal scream here)).
I think the Bush campaign was caught a little offguard in the first debate and he will be a lot more prepared in the second debate to offset Kerry's skill. Bush cannot start repeating himself again. I think Kerry is vunerable on the big budget items he wants. I think Bush is vunerable on the perception that he caters to the rich.
People are watching these things. I think I read the audience was 65M for the first one, and is likely to be much larger for the second. It will be interesting to watch.
Hopefully this thread won't degrade to the usual catfights and focus instead on the strategy of the two campaigns.
Maybe you were as perplexed as I was trying to figure out how Kerry could have won the Democratic nomination, yet be so lackluster in his campaign afterwards. I think the answer is that the Democrats had a zillion debates (wasn't it about once a week for a while) and John Kerry shines in this type of comparison. Frankly, I didn't pay attention to any of the Democratic debates in part because Kerry had the nomination wrapped up well before the Texas primary, and they had stopped debating (I voted for Dean BTW (insert primal scream here)).
I think the Bush campaign was caught a little offguard in the first debate and he will be a lot more prepared in the second debate to offset Kerry's skill. Bush cannot start repeating himself again. I think Kerry is vunerable on the big budget items he wants. I think Bush is vunerable on the perception that he caters to the rich.
People are watching these things. I think I read the audience was 65M for the first one, and is likely to be much larger for the second. It will be interesting to watch.
Hopefully this thread won't degrade to the usual catfights and focus instead on the strategy of the two campaigns.