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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (50552)6/16/2004 2:20:20 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 793838
 
THE NOTE - NEWS SUMMARY

The incumbent has a lot on his plate -- hostages, prisoners, reports, families, budgets, polling data.

But flying in the face of the wrong-headed "it's all about the incumbent" mantra, there are some pretty interesting queries to pose these days about the challenger.

So: questions about the Kerry campaign:

1. Does Sen. Kerry have a new stump speech, and, if he does, was Tom Oliphant spot on when he reported on Charlie Rose last night that the Senator spent part of last week -- under cover of the mourning of Ronald Reagan -- honing it hours at a time?

2. How much is saying "I'm running for president because..." like saying "Message: I care"?

3. Which enterprise has the more meticulous and creative on-the-shelf rollout plan -- the introduction of Sen. Kerry's running mate or the release of Bill Clinton's book?

4. Will anyone with the means, motive, and opportunity to try to stop the John Edwards runaway freight train move against him -- before it is too late?

5. Which was more on Stephanie Cutter message (known among the cognescenti as "scuttering") -- Sen. McCain's answer to Matt Lauer this morning about his recent conversations with Sen. Kerry, or Carl Quintanilla's package right after that on how the middle class squeeze is trumping all the positive economic news?

6. How will the Senator stage-manage his vote on the gay marriage amendment next month?

7. Are those who say that John Kerry "gets" What It Takes to make a successful running mate choice telling us the honest truth?

8. How much planning is going into the requisite cloak-and-dagger advance work to allow John Kerry's June face-to-face meeting with veepstakes contenders without letting a single still or moving video (pool or unilateral) camera document the arrivals and/or the departures?

9. How much of the flip-flop image has been erased by paid media?

10. What would be more adorable than a Chris Heinz-Jack Edwards photo op?
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