Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Tidbits - 9/15/04

The controversy rages and CBS and Dan Rather continue to stonewall.

Rather insists the documents used last Wednesday on 60 Minutes II are authentic, but neither Rather nor CBS will reveal the source of the documents.

Forgery -- 09/15/2004

+There will be one less Democratic Senator on the floor of the Senate for the next 7 weeks. The Senior Senator from Massachusetts, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, has announced that he will be hitting the campaign trail for John Kerry.

An aide for the senator said that he will be more active and travel more than he did for Gore in 2000. Kennedy's rhetoric will include daily rebukes of the President on every issue from health care to Iraq.

It is unlikely that Kennedy will be able to help the declining Kerry campaign with rhetoric similar to the Bush bashing speech given at the Democratic National Convention.

Yahoo! News - Kennedy to Hit Campaign Trail for Kerry

+A longtime Democratic operative Tony Coelho criticized the Kerry campaign, noting that the campaign is in chaos.

According to Coelho the hiring of former Clinton aids and associates is making the situation worse not better. As noted on this site earlier in the week, the addition of the Clinton operatives has created a dual culture and possible civil war within the campaign.

Coelho notes, "There is no one in charge."

More -->CBS News | Top Dem Rips Kerry Campaign | September 15, 2004�00:27:51

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