January 28, 2004, There's got to be a morning after...
For our first thoughts, we go to sudden neo-liberal convert Andrew Sullivan, who gives us this homile:
"Most of the day, I thought that Edwards was going to be the un-Kerry from
now on. Dean was too damaged after losing both Iowa and New Hampshire. But
Edwards' disappointing fourth place showing - behind the nutcase Clark -
after such a big win in Iowa has to make his candidacy more suspect. Dean
did a little worse than the exit polls suggested. But his concession speech
was easily the best of the night. It was authentic, uplifting, and red meat
to the Democrats. It actually rang true to me as Dean's real view of the
world. It isn't one I entirely share, to say the least, but it is genuine,
represents a lot of people in this country and deserves a hearing. He seemed
more affable than recently as well. He smiled more. He spoke more calmly but
not ineffectively. He's real. Kerry is so fake, in contrast, I cannot
believe that Democratic primary voters will continue to support him in such
numbers. Dean gave arguments. Kerry spoke in packaged Shrumisms. Dean has a vision. Kerry has ambition. If I were a Democrat, I'd vote for Dean over
Kerry in a heartbeat. To my mind, this is a battle between the Democratic
party's soul and its fear. The exit polls showed how Kerry won by seeming
more electable - thus trashing an old golden rule of American politics. But
the more you see of Kerry the less appealing he is. I'm not sure Dean really
is less electable than the dreary Kerry. Maybe Dean needed this early
drubbing to make him more tolerable as a candidate. Maybe it's too late and
Kerry is way too far ahead to be caught. I don't know. All I know is that
what I saw in Dean's speech - and the extraordinary crowd that accompanied
it - was more authentic than anything I have ever seen Kerry say or do. That
must count for something."
Sully's sentiments would not be terribly at odds with Bill Howell of StoutDem Blog who gives us "Slouching Toward Camelot", his take on the sudden ascendance of Sen. John F. Ke___y (D-Mass.); my favorite section:
"One campaign manual gave a list of steps for a candidate to take if accused of something wrong. First, say it isn't true. If that doesn't work, then say it's true but it's not like they said. If that doesn't work, then say it's true but I'm sorry and won't do it again -- and so on through several levels. When Kerry was accused of supporting the preemptive invasion of Iraq, he took the worst possible approach. He tried to use every one of those options, all at the same time. I sense Karl the Vicious, the handler of the marionette in the flight suit, licking his chops over such an easy target.
"Kerry would make a much better President than Bush, but that is faint praise. Almost any Democrat could do that, and so could several Republicans. If the party believes that Kerry is the best one to defeat Bush, then he will win the nomination, and I will vote for and work hard for him. But I worry, because sixteen years ago I watched a Vice-Presidential debate where another Texan, Senator Lloyd Bentsen, devastated another would-be Kennedy imitator, Senator Dan Quayle. Hamlet set his trap by asking the players to add "Some dozen or sixteene lines, Which I would set downe and insert". It only took Bentsen four sentences. Even a legacy admission to Yale could handle a Rove script that short."
Note: Kerry is, at worst, someone chosen at random who is not Bush. That is good enough, frankly, for most people, and maybe it should be. But for people who truly love this nation and the ideals that we think the Democratic Party stands for... shouldn't that NOT be enough, by a long shot?
Comments
Kerry would not be my first choice for a nominee or a President. Of course many of the Democrats I would prefer to be President (W.J.Clinton, Gore, Bradley, Rubin and perhaps others) are not running.
The two who I would prefer and who are running finished 3-4 in New Hampshire and may not be able to get the nomination.
I can and will support Kerry with my time, money and energy if he is the nominee. I believe he will be a far better President than GWB. If that is not saying much, that is just too bad.
We must deal with the choices we are offered. When a perfect world is located, give me a call.
Posted by dwight meredith at January 28, 2004 11:32 PM
Kerry would not be my first choice for a nominee or a President. Of course many of the Democrats I would prefer to be President (W.J.Clinton, Gore, Bradley, Rubin and perhaps others) are not running.
The two who I would prefer and who are running finished 3-4 in New Hampshire and may not be able to get the nomination.
I can and will support Kerry with my time, money and energy if he is the nominee. I believe he will be a far better President than GWB. If that is not saying much, that is just too bad.
We must deal with the choices we are offered. When a perfect world is located, give me a call.
Posted by dwight meredith at January 28, 2004 11:38 PM
Kerry is a Yankee Al Gore with a better war record and a more liberal voting record.
He'd make a better President than a candidate. Too stiff, too funny looking, too patrician, doesn't connect with voters, sometimes doesn't seem like a real person is lurking under there at all.
Did I mention he's a Yankee?
Posted by William Burton at January 29, 2004 01:26 AM
Why do you read Andrew Sullivan?
Posted by Social Scientist at January 29, 2004 08:41 AM
He probably reads Sullivan for the same reason I read him. Ya gotta know what the other side is thinking. ;)
More seriously, if Bill Clinton were running (which would require rescinding a constitutional amendment), I might well vote for him. But the only Dem candidate I can stomach doesn't have a chance.
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