It's time to start commenting on the candidates as opposed to the stuff in the air around them.
I just saw John Kerry on This Week. Stephanopolis tried to get him to compare himself to the other three front runners and he declined strongly. He focused on l'il Georgie's flaws, and actually made the point that the Dow is not the economy.
All in all, he presented well. A "debate" between Kerry and l'il Georgie would result in an image bitch-slapping of immense proportions, so don't expect one.
Kerry seems to be coming on strong all of a sudden. Maybe he's one of those people that does really well at crunch time. But his lackluster performance the rest of the time leaves something to be desired. Even if he does well in Iowa and New Hampshire, does he have what it takes to hold a lead through Super Tuesday?
(note: this has nothing to do with whether or not I would vote for Kerry, it's just a comment about what I think his chances are)
Posted by Al-Muhajabah at January 19, 2004 10:29 AMI think a lot of it has to do with Kerry and Edwards just not doing anything overtly crazy or mean (something that Dean and Clark can't claim anymore.)
Posted by Phelps at January 19, 2004 02:39 PM