Reply #45: Two months after the first attack. Too little, to late. The GE season is only four months long....

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which is a blink of an eye when compared to the primary season. The repugs started with the swift boating before the Democratic primary was officially over, yet Kerry waited until the end of August, a full month after the convention, to speak out against the swift boaters.

Two months of damage with no counter punching can not be fixed with only three months left until the election.

Punch back quickly, not two months later, put it to bed and let it die. On top of that, Kerry doesn't come across as forceful. Kerry is a good guy, but he doesn't come across as the guy in charge. I always said he reminded of Droopy from the Tom & Jerry cartoons. Very intelligent, very witty, yet comes across as slow on the uptake. He's not exactly the guy you want running for first time voters who never before paid attention to politics. My wife was a first time voter and she saw nothing there to get excited about. She voted for him in order to get rid of Bush, but that's not what we should want as a party.

The worst thing that Kerry ever did to his campaign was let Obama speak first at the convention. Obama gave his audacity of hope speech and my wife cryed. Kerry gave his acceptance speech and my wife yawned.