President Bush was on the phone yesterday:
President Bush called Mr. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to congratulate him on his victories. “I said, ‘I hope we have a great debate about the issues before the country,'” Mr. Kerry said, recounting his conversation with the president.
Scott Stanzel, a Bush campaign spokesman, said Mr. Bush told Mr. Kerry that he had won the nomination against a tough field and that he was looking forward to a spirited race.
Bush might as well have called his campaign staff and gave them a thumbs up, for his re-election bid just got easier.
It’s kind of mind-boggling: of all the Democrats in America, we end up picking a boring, non-telegenic, Massachusetts senator with one of the most “liberal” voting records in Congress to head the ticket. That’s sure to wow the swing voters. Here we have an incompetent incumbent just begging to be thrown out of office, and this is the alternative we come up with? Alas.
Given the competition, Kerry can win in November. But that will depend to a large degree on whether the media decides to expose the candidates for what they are or if they’re going to revert to their lazy, he said/she said, horse race-based coverage.
Kudos to Senator Edwards for running an inspiring campaign. It would have been nice to have seen how the race might have gone, had the media covered the candidates and the issues rather than sponsoring the Kerry coronation following New Hampshire.
I just hope we don’t have to re-live that 1988 nightmare once again.
Greetings,
Don’t you think it is long past time we, as Democrats, begin focusing on defeating the scourge of this country, rather than nitpicking the Dem candidate. Remember our enemy is Bush, not Kerry. We need to inspire our candidate, to the level of beating Bush.
As for “liberal” voting in the Senate.. I don’t remember the last time voting for war was called “liberal.”
–jeff-perado
I’m all for defeating Bush, which is what’s making me upset. I’m not nitpicking, either. Just pointing out obvious points which swing voters (which is who will decide this election) will see in Kerry.
I hope I’m wrong; I hope there won’t be any “I told you so’s” in November. But this is how I see things shaping up.