NHPolitico
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« on: July 29, 2004, 03:36:54 PM » |
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I won't address your actual post, but I will address your question.
What Kerry needs to do is try to be authentic about fighting terrorists all around the world. 95% of the Democats in the Fleet Center opposed OIF, but support Kerry because they know he wouldn't have gone to war even though he voted for it (they excuse it as pandering to middle America).
Voters see Kerry and know the same thing. They don't believe his vote was an authentic expression of his beliefs. They don't like that he voted for that reason and, while they aren't crazy about Iraq right now, they aren't sure they want a guy who would probably wait until it was too late to act if Iraq really was a boiling crisis. They may think Bush is too quick to war, but they think Kerry is too quick to appease. Kerry has to sell that he's in the happy middle there.
And, it's not just a matter of speeches. Voters have probably made up there mind for the most part on who Kerry is. They'll see his words as just words-- like they were when he voted for the war, even though he didn't really mean it.
So, I don't know how he actually pulls it off, but that's his mission.
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