1. It will help keep the focus on Bush: Our Deserter-In-Chief got plenty of air time yesterday feigning indignation over Kerry's failed joke by trying to argue that Kerry was actually insulting the troops. That's fine with me, because the more people see Bush on TV during the run-up to the mid-terms, the more they'll remember how much of an idiot he is and how much of a disaster he caused in Iraq. This excerpt from a Washington Post article sums up the problem:
One GOP strategist, speaking candidly about the president on the condition of anonymity, offered this assessment: "I'd say he's at least 50 percent of the problem." In strongly Republican areas, he said, the president can still rally the party's base, but in more marginal districts, Bush is a drag on GOP candidates. "He's the problem," the strategist said. "He should stay away."He definitely should stay away, but he won't be able to if Rove feels that continuing to attack John Kerry is the right strategy during the last few days of the campaign. Frankly, I'm not seeing exactly how Rove can get any more mileage out of Kerry's statement, but I hope he continues to try.
2. It Might Prevent Kerry From Running For President In 2008: Although I really doubt this Kerry thing will affect the Mid-Term elections, I'm hoping that it affects Kerry's ability to run for president in 2008. He's made some noise that he might want to run again, and that's the last thing the Democrats need. In fact, no Democrat who voted for the Iraq War should run for president in 2008. The Iraq Debacle will not go away as a campaign issue -- it will still be in play in 2008 -- so the Democrats have to run a candidate who opposed the Iraq War or who at least wasn't in the position to vote for it.
The GOP knows that the last thing they need is to have to run against a Democrat in 2008 who opposed the Iraq War. That's why Rupert Murdock is openly supporting Hillary Clinton -- she voted for the war, so he thinks the GOP can beat her. He's probably right.
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