Yes...He Closed the Deal !!
The question during the past week has been: 'can John Kerry close the deal with the American public', and after watching Mr. Kerry's address to the DNC on Thursday evening, one can only affirm, that yes indeed, he did close the deal with the electorate. And not only with the Democrats who were predisposed toward him in the beginning of the convention.He has made the Republicans job of countering his appeal infinitely more difficult. Attack ads will not have the same strength as those that worked against Michael Dukakis. President Bush will have a much harder time painting Kerry as an 'out of touch New England liberal' who is soft on defense and against traditional family values. Kerry's extended family closed that attack avenue by themselves, aided by THK and Chris Heinz Kerry on Wednesday, and the Kerry girls on Thursday.
Generals Clark and Shalikashvili, and the 'Band of Brothers' made the case for Kerry being qualified to become Commander in Chief, so that avenue is also not a fruitful attack lane for the Republicans.
With the pending military tribunals to begin at Guantanamo shortly, and the well know push to apprehend high impact Al Queda subjects Pres. Bush will be on the defensive for the next couple of weeks. When the Republican convention begins in New York in three weeks, the polls might finally show a significant migration toward the Kerry-Edwards camp.
Nancy Pelosi's wishful thinking aside, and even with the apprehension of Osama in hand, by November, Pres. Bush could very easily be a double-digit underdog in the polls.
Like any good military mind, the Democrats en masse, have attempted to cut off the lines of both attack, and retreat for the Republicans. The job of projecting accomplishment in Bush's stewardship while not impossible, has none the less become a formidable challenge. There will simply not be a cakewalk to the Presidential election for Mr. Bush, nor for Mr. Kerry.
posted by Richard at
Friday, July 30, 2004
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