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To: LindyBill who wrote (76017)10/9/2004 10:37:35 AM
From: Bridge Player  Read Replies (2) of 793817
 
It just now dawned on me that this is arguably the most telling and critical point in the entire election campaign.....

<<<<One final point for now. Remember when Kerry was asked why he thinks there have been no successful terrorist attacks in this country since 9/11? That's really a central question in this election, and Kerry knows it. The absence of such an attack may be the main reason why (if I'm right) voters want to re-elect Bush. Recently, I heard the first half hour of a debate between the Wisconsin Senate candidates. The Republican candidate mentioned the absence of any attack at least five times in that half hour. Bush can't mention it, for obvious reasons. But it's still a huge plus for him right now.

Not surprisingly, then, Kerry was much less glib than normal when he addressed this question. The question cried out for him to give Bush a little credit, but obviously he couldn't do that. So he quoted the president as saying that the question, when it comes to another attack, is not "if" but "when." Yet this answer is perilous for Kerry too because polls consistently show that voters trust Bush more on the matter of fighting terrorism. Thus, on this fundamental question -- perhaps the most fundamental one for the average voter -- Kerry was in a no-win situation, and looked it. >>>>
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