Terrific column this morning by Brendan Miniter of The Wall Street Journal on why George W. Bush will beat John Kerry. For quite a while now, I've been saying this election will be a repeat of the '88 presidential campaign -- Bush I vs. Michael Dukakis. Many people disagree with this parallel, but it's looking more and more similar everyday. Kerry is being masterfully defined by his opponent as weak on security, wrong on taxes, unprincipled, etc... (Karl Rove learned this art from the late great Lee Atwater.)
Except for the notable exception of the people around Bill Clinton, the U.S. Democrats are basically the same as the Conservative Party in Canada. They can't compete on a political strategy level. They get outmanoeuvred every time. This election is turning out to be no exception.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 10:08 AM
