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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (3742)	2/23/2004 9:31:12 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

Thanks for the post. And here is some more for those who have not seen anything yet. Kerry seeks to campaign as more than 'anti-Bush' Washington - With the Democratic nomination in reach, John Kerry's advisers are discussing strategies for collecting a winner's share of the 538 electoral college votes in November's general election. While Kerry focuses on defeating US Senator John Edwards and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean to sew up the Democratic race, his team have put President George Bush firmly in their sights. With each of his 12 primary season victories, Kerry has stepped up his criticism of Bush, and he's already begun to build up his general election campaign. It starts, as with much in American politics, with money. Kerry plans to tap $15-million (about R100-million) in the Democratic National Committee coffers to respond to a multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign Bush will unleash once Democrats select a nominee. Kerry won't match Bush's $200-million (about R1,3-billion) pace, but aides said he and his allies could close the gap enough to compete. Republicans are already calling Kerry a tax-raising, social liberal who is soft on defence. Aides say Kerry can counter that he supported balanced budgets in Congress, opposes gay marriages, supports gun rights as a hunter and he served in Vietnam. In his public remarks, Kerry intends to continue making the case that Bush has violated the public's trust on a wide range of policies, from Iraq and taxes to the environment. But advisers want Kerry to represent positive change in education, health care and jobs - not just define himself as anti-Bush. Thus, they're planning a series of policy speeches later in the year. - Sapa-AP Published on the web by the Star on February 12, 2004. thestar.co.za