Category: 2004 Election

Interesting Edwards thread over at Talk Left (TalkLeft: Edwards Shines). Lots of bluster about how Bush’s base will support him and Kerry’s are undecided, or something. Then some corrective posts looking at where an incumbent should be by now and how the electoral college is stacking up, which just made me want to reply Shhh….…

Back before the ’96 election, Bob Dole gave the GOP response to a Clinton State of the Union. And it was just shattering in its glowering negativity. In fact, his response was such a nasty, nutty, powerfully awful speech, it struck many as the very moment Dole’s campaign was plaster-wrapped and buried at sea. The…

You have to wonder: at what point will the GOP attacks on Kerry’s wife backfire? When will it start to seem petty and crude to the independent voter? Could it be, perhaps, when they start making a big deal out of inter-personal “I don’t like Ted Kennedy” type comments she made back in 1976? (I…

Tom Schaller posts an interesting scoop over at the Gadflyer, recounting a “tipsy” conversation with Republican pollster and message crafter Frank Luntz (thank goodness for blogger ethics): “What do you think?” I ask him, in a tone that indicates that I’m not talking about last night’s Sox-Yankees brawl. “Kerry will win,” he says. I feel…

Hyperbole aside, Thomas Oliphant’s balanced paean to Kerry in the American Prospect Online makes a solid case for the Democratic nominee-presumptive. In other news, Kucinich has endorsed Kerry.

CNN.com – Pelosi predicts Democrats will take back House – Jul 15, 2004: At a news conference with Rep. Bob Matsui, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Pelosi cited strong showings in various polls and victories in the last two special elections to bolster her assertion. “We’re putting our credibility on the line,” she…