Reply #82: Kerry ran a poor campaign in the primaries? WTF?

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Sen. John Kerry certainly wouldn't have been my first choice in the primaries, but my state hasn't even had its primaries yet and Kerry's already a sho-in. At first, I thought he was running a lousy campaign, but the more I look at what happened, the more I see Kerry's running a BRILLIANT campaign.

For months, the media was glowing over Dean and Clark, and they were running strong in the polls, but John Kerry snuck in behind 'em. Various accounts claimed his campaign was in disarray, not mobilizing the grassroots, when in fact Kerry was operating under their radar. He ran a flawless primary campaign, and now he's running the best damned general campaign he can, given the whore press.

Right now he's letting the bush campaign blow lots of money on useless attack ads while the preznit hoists himself on his own petard. Of the many polls that came out over the last month, only CNN's has chimpy mccokespoon out in front. For a challenger to be running ahead, tied, or (if we presume CNN's poll to be accurate) even slightly behind at this time shows the softness of shrub's position.

Sen. Kerry is playing it smart, saving his fire for when it can do the most damage. My admiration for his political judo skills grows by the day.