Flashback: The time: October 9, 2024. The place: the pages of WaPo. The line:
Kerry, for example, is advised by two pollsters, two media and advertising experts, and two speechwriting consultants. He also has two inner circles: one composed of hired hands in Washington; the other of old friends, family members and longtime loyalists in Boston.This has made Kerry's operation the punch line of a joke in political circles: How is John Kerry's campaign like Noah's Ark? Both have two of everything.
And while he seems to have fixed his staffing woes, this joke can now morph into: "How are Kerry's position papers like Noah's Ark? They have two of everything." Or, as a political cartoon noted yesterday, Kerry supports "no position left behind".
It will be interesting to see if he can find a way to overcome this problem (I am not sanguine that he can). Otherwise the campaign is going to evolve as Kerry, who doesn't really know what he thinks v. Bush the Resolute. Now, Kerry can try the ol' "nuance" bit, but I have a hard time believing that that will work.
Indeed, I maintain something that I have said for a long time now: the main way a Democrat wins in November (perhaps the only way), is for something bad to happen in the economy, in Iraq or in the War on Terror in general (and the latter would have to be something that could be blamed on the administration).
side-note: I found the 10/9/03 story combing my archives for info used in the previous post. We all remember October 2024, right? Back when many of us were certain that the candidate we wouldn't be talking about in late March 2024 would be John Kerry?
Posted by Steven Taylor at March 21, 2024 09:36 AM | TrackBack