CNN Inside Politics - Kerry over? Not.

[rndmprsn]

i hate CNN, but some interesting stuff nonetheless.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/13/kerry.over/

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Many of his recently acquired (when the polls were better) "best friends" now disloyally seek out reporters to bad-mouth the latest speech, strategy or hire. Democrats panic. The same press that fulsomely praised the boldness and discipline of your winning primary campaign now find a top-heavy staff rife with internal stress. So I have some advice for Kerry:

Take a deep breath.

Ignore the polls. Voters care whether their jobs will be there, whether there will be good jobs for their children, whether they will be able to afford health care.

Their votes are not influenced by polls. If they were, candidates George McGovern and Barry Goldwater, who both trailed by two-to-one throughout the fall, would not have won two out of five votes each on Election Day.

[rocktivity]

1. Rove does seem to be in some kind of "kill shot" mode

Bush is WAY ahead in the polls (he's way ahead in only two). Kerry has been unable to respond effectively (his campaign stops get next to no press coverage). Therefore, he's doomed, Game over, and the media gets to spend the next two months talking about Bush's next four year. Premature, to say the very least. And if Bush refuses to debate, Kerry should demand to have the alloted TV time for himself.

:headbang:
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