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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: rrufff who wrote (2680)	2/16/2004 9:31:25 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) of 81568

Others are asking the same questions: Time for Clarity Sunday, February 15, 2004; Page B06 washingtonpost.com JOHN KERRY has become the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination without a detailed or clarifying debate on many issues. This has happened in part because the leading Democratic candidates had relatively few differences on foreign or domestic policy; in part because their multi-candidate forums allowed little time for in-depth discussion; and in part because most have chosen to avoid direct attacks on each other since the primaries began last month. Most of the rhetoric has been directed at President Bush, and exit polls show that many voters have been more interested in which candidate has a better chance of unseating the incumbent than in where he might take the country. Mr. Kerry has surged to the forefront in part because of his biography and in part because he avoided the political misjudgments and verbal gaffes that caused voters to reject onetime front-runner Howard Dean. Now, with the nomination seemingly within his reach, the Massachusetts senator must begin to more fully explain where he stands on the major challenges facing the country. <MORE IN ARTICLE> I've heard Kerry say he was focused on the issues last year and he was perceived as being too much of a policy wonk. So he changed his strategy and it obviously worked. Since I've read quite a few of Kerry's old speeches, I could answer the questions in this Editorial, but I think we should let Kerry make his positions clear over the next few months. His current message is resonating well: Bush = failure + excuses.

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