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"The coming weeks will be so tough because the essential contest - of which the Swift boat stuff was only a start - will be over who really has courage, who really has resolve, and who is just a fraud with a manly bearing."
-- David Brooks for The NY Times
Here is one of the harsher ways of putting the election contest in a nutshell, and capturing what seems to be the momentum.
Just negativity? Even now, a friend insists Kerry is still ahead. Yet, our Electoral Vote Predictor, which is maintained by a pro-Kerry person, now shows Bush actually ahead: 280 - 242.
But, yes, it is reasonable to expect swings, and this is the big week for the Republicans and their convention. The real campaign season and debates lie ahead. Yet, one does feel some doubt about ever seeing that Kerry resurgence...
"The coming weeks will be so tough because the essential contest - of which the Swift boat stuff was only a start - will be over who really has courage, who really has resolve, and who is just a fraud with a manly bearing."
-- David Brooks for The NY Times
Here is one of the harsher ways of putting the election contest in a nutshell, and capturing what seems to be the momentum.
Just negativity? Even now, a friend insists Kerry is still ahead. Yet, our Electoral Vote Predictor, which is maintained by a pro-Kerry person, now shows Bush actually ahead: 280 - 242.
But, yes, it is reasonable to expect swings, and this is the big week for the Republicans and their convention. The real campaign season and debates lie ahead. Yet, one does feel some doubt about ever seeing that Kerry resurgence...
