...Newsweek has a piece about John Edwards. Is he in it to win it? Or is he just proving himself as the southern running mate? This is looking like it's all but a formality now. Maybe, maybe not. The Republicans are already taking aim at Kerry. Speaking out against the Vietnam war and gay marriage are the Kerry topics du jour. He is still going to take it bad over his voting record. But will this matter at all if the economy tanks even more by November? The Bushies can scream terrorism and homeland security, but will it really be able to distract the public from the real problems?
OPEC cut oil production targets so we're looking at a long summer of high oil prices. I can't believe this will be good at all for the President. All the Democrats have to do is draw attention to domestic problems. I predict that this will be an election cycle like no other. GOP strategists have pointed out that GWB shares similar poll numbers with Reagan and Clinton during their re-election bids. This is all fine and dandy, but times are so tragically different.
Reagan would raise taxes when the deficit went up and Clinton presided over the longest period of growth in the history of the United States. Bush can't raise taxes and obviously is presiding over one of the worst economic periods of all time. We've lost over 2 million jobs since he took office. How much more of this can the Bushies spin into something positive? They have all drank the Kool-Aid. One last thought. Move the focus away from Bush's military record. It's a long time until the election and the American public will move on by then. Slow and steady wins the race.