I get the feeling that Kerry is turning up the burners some every day.

[Lex]

The heat is rising & rising--seems like Kerry and Edwards turn up the heat a notch every day in terms of what they are saying, and how they are saying it, about the current Administration.

Now maybe some would expect him to be swinging madly, but he and Edwards are probably too displined for that---a more measured but increasingly harsh criticism of Bush & his Administration's policies is taking place.

My thinking is that the American people, and the swing voters, get gradually used to the idea that Bush & his policies are sh*t, because Kerry and Edwards turn up the heat gradually.

If they blurted out "Bush is an evil asshole" or some such, then they would turn a certain numer of people in the middle off. Just like Cheney did when he said that stupid crap about terrorists attacking if Kerry wins.

Now you watch Kerry and Edwards over the next week and see if you don't see that each day, the heat is turned up a notch.

The water will be boiling Smirk and Dick by the time Nov. 2nd rolls around.

[xray s]

1. Its all leading up to the debates

Maybe 100 million watching. Unfiltered.

That's when you want to have your message peak.

You can move numbers in a big way and lock in support during the debates.

Kerry and Edwards know exactly what they are doing.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. Kids will study the mechanics of this election for YEARS to come.

Rove and Hughes have thrown their BEST at Kerry and he's not only still standing, he's moving forward.

The Bush AWOL mess and the Kitty Kelley book are straight out of the Karl Rove playbook...the truth is less important than the fact that these issues are being discussed by large numbers of voters. You can smell the fear coming off of the Bush camp in waves...look at the anger and venom that has been seeping out of every pore on Matt Lau-whore on the Today Show for the last two mornings. I wonder if tomorrow morning, when he reads the mail from viewers, if he'll read the ones that say "Matt! BUDDY! You're a whore! You're a George W. Bush whore, and you DO play golf with him, because there are photos of both of you on the web, and you're both holding clubs, bee-yatch!"

OH...there's also this:

A staple of Bush's stump speech is his claim that his Democratic challenger, John F. Kerry, has proposed $2 trillion in long-term spending, a figure the Massachusetts senator's campaign calls exaggerated. But the cost of the new tax breaks and spending outlined by Bush at the GOP convention far eclipses that of the Kerry plan.

Bush's pledge to make permanent his tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of 2010 or before, would reduce government revenue by about $1 trillion over 10 years, according to administration estimates. His proposed changes in Social Security to allow younger workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in stocks and bonds could cost the government $2 trillion over the coming decade, according to the calculations of independent domestic policy experts.

And Bush's agenda has many costs the administration has not publicly estimated. For instance, Bush said in his speech that he would continue to try to stabilize Iraq and wage war on terrorism. The war in Iraq alone costs $4 billion a month, but the president's annual budget does not reflect that cost.

The White House has declined to provide a full and detailed accounting of the cost of the new agenda. The administration on Thursday provided a partial listing of the proposals, including $74 billion in spending on "opportunity zones" over the next 10 years. But there was no mention of the cost of additional tax cuts and the creation of Social Security private accounts. Discussing his agenda during an "Ask the President" campaign forum in Portsmouth, Ohio, Bush said Friday that he has "explained how we're going to pay for it, and my opponent can't explain it because he doesn't want to tell you he's going to have to tax you."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5993702

[cheshire]

2. He also speaks where he needs to and the Media doesn't show it.

Just because we don't see something doesn't mean it's not happening.

[Lex]

3. I understand he's all over local papers and local 11 pm news

when he's hitting these small towns all over the place.

Just because CNN or MSNBC doesn't carry the speech doesn't mean that 10,000 people in Sheboygan didn't hear it. :thumbsup:

[redstateblues]

5. It's Building So It Will Peak The Week Before the Election

There will be no time for any surge to wear off and it's already started-blow by blow

[Lex]

6. Yep. They are "building their case" over time.

The "jury" doesn't warm up to sudden harshness, but calling Bush & Cheney out in increasingly harsh terms will peak at the correct time.

[athena]

4. Maybe

they're saving their strongest attacks for the debates because they don't want give the media and the * administration a chance to prepare. It's also a good idea to lower expectations the way Bush always does.

[bushwakker]

8. he is

will it be enuf - given that he must fight the most well-funded attack machine in the history of the world and the gop media echo chamber - let's hope so.

[Lex]

9. You're right about the well-funded attack machine

and GOP echo chamber, but I liked today when Kerry called Bush's presidency "The Excuse Presidency" saying he has created more excuses than jobs. (paraphrasing). He definitely gets a little harsher with Bush each day.

[cthrumatrix]

10. issues..issues ..issues.....he was great On IMUS thsi am

[liberal N proud]

11. And if you look at pics of shrub and dickless it shows

The sweat has been rolling off them where ever they are these days.
The stress is going to kill cheney

[cthrumatrix]

12. so true...they are deep shit

[Rosco T.]

13. It's the 'Frog in the pot' technique....

Plop a Frog in hot water, and he'll jump right out..

Plop a Frog in cold water, he'll be happy as a clam...

then slowly start turning up the heat.... he's cooked before he knows it!

[Lex]

14. Exactly.

A very good technique, imho!