OH, THAT CLEARS UP EVERYTHING
Kerry, Monday:
"It's the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Kerry, yesterday:
" More than 1,000 of America's sons and daughters have now given their lives on behalf of their country, on behalf of freedom in the war on terror."
Kerry Spokesman David Wade, today:
"Kerry was referring to U.S. soldiers fighting in parts of Iraq that have now become a breeding ground for terrorists."
Oh, okay. All 1,000+ died "fighting in parts of Iraq that have now become a breeding ground for terrorists," but other than that, it's the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time. That clears up everything.
THE RACE IS OVER - IN ARIZONA AT LEAST
Again and again there has been speculation that Arizona, home of Barry Goldwater, home of John McCain and Jon Kyl, might go Democratic this year.
Forget it.
A new Arizona Republic survey of 600 likely voters found that if the election were held now, Bush would sweep Democratic Sen. John Kerry by 54-38 percent. Only 7 percent of those surveyed said they were still undecided. More than one in five Democrats interviewed said they intended to vote for Bush. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
WHICH IS EASIER - REORGANIZING INTELLIGENCE, OR REORGANIZING THE KERRY CAMPAIGN?
Scott Lehigh's column in the Boston Globe is must-reading for campaign watchers. Today, he keys in on one problem with all of the Kerry campaign's new additions: figuring out just who is in charge.
Right now, well-placed sources say, it's not completely clear who is in charge.
"It is fairly chaotic over there," says one Democratic source. "Nobody has total control, and that is very dangerous."
Not so, insists Sasso. "Whatever the outcome of this campaign, Mary Beth Cahill rescued the campaign in the fall, she led it successfully through the primaries, and she remains fully and steadily in charge as we head into the showdown finale," he says.
Others, however, paint a somewhat different picture.
With the addition of Clintonistas Joe Lockhart, Joel Johnson, and Doug Sosnik — and greater anticipated participation by consultants James Carville and Paul Begala and pollster Stanley Greenberg — they describe a series of competing camps.
There's the old infrastructure of former Ted Kennedy staffers Cahill and Stephanie Cutter plus consultants Bob Shrum, Tad Devine, and Mike Donilon; there are the new Clinton recruits; and there are Kerry's longtime Boston advisers.
The current plan, they say, appears to be to avoid talk of any sort of campaign shake-up by quietly divvying up some important functions among the new recruits. But there's a problem there.
"You can't win a race like this by committee," says one Democrat observing the campaign closely.
There are a lot of strong-willed, stubborn old bulls now working cheek-by-jowl in the Kerry Camp. A lot of them can point to a lot of victories under their belts. Sure, they all agree that Bush is the anti-Christ, but one suspects they're going to have some fascinating fights over tactics in the next two months.
UPDATE: One Kerry Spot reader Rose suggests that Sasso’s quote - “Mary Beth Cahill rescued the campaign in the fall, she led it successfully through the primaries, and she remains fully and steadily in charge as we head into the showdown finale,” sounds like he’s making sure the blame gets pinned on Cahill for a Kerry loss. If Kerry wins, Sasso gets to reap the praise as the man who saved the Kerry campaign.
A CONNECTION THE KERRY CAMPAIGN WOULD PREFER WAS GLOSSED OVER
Tonight on CBS News' 60 Minutes II, Ben Barnes, a Democrat and the lieutenant governor of Texas in 1968, "will explain his role in securing for the 22-year-old Yale graduate Bush a coveted place in the state's Air National Guard."
Ben Barnes has raised more than $500,000 for John Kerry's presidential campaign, according to no less a source than CBS News!
If one of Bush's top fundraisers - say, Robert Wood Johnson IV, Chair & CEO, Johnson Company and owner of the New York Jets, who has raised $380,437 for Bush - were one of the key witnesses of the Swift Boat Vets for Truth, what impact would that have on that group's credibility?
Is Ben Barnes telling the truth, or is he just trying to guarantee a good return on his investment in John Kerry?
So, I guess this means that if you give lots of money to a Democrat it is OK, but if you give money to the Bush campaign it is not or if you work for Bush and give legal advice to another client it is a problem. Don't you love the Democrat double standard.
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