And here's the archived transcript of his 8/19/04 speech to the IAFF, too

[ralbertson]

http://tinyurl.com/2b7z9g

[beachmom]

1. Thanks for posting, ralbertson. Because I watched PBS News Hour in 2004,

I saw extended clips of this speech, and later on in September, he gave one from Georgetown, I think, about foreign policy and the war, and I knew "he was back".

Some interesting poll numbers I got today:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/3/31/1374/85040/51#51

Kerry's numbers after he won the nomination. Check out these numbers:

AZ -2.0 (1 poll)
CA +12.5 (2 polls)
CT +16.0 (2 polls)
FL 0.0 (3 polls)
IN -16.0 (1 poll)
KS -18.0 (1 poll)
LA -14.0 (1 poll)
MA +29.0 (1 poll)
ME +13.0 (2 polls)
MI +4.0 (3 polls)
MN +12.0 (1 poll)
NC -7.0 (1 poll)
NH -5.5 (2 polls)
NV -11.0 (1 poll)
OH +0.5 (2 polls)
OR +1.5 (2 polls)
PA -1.0 (4 polls)
TN -4.0 (1 poll)
TX -18.0 (1 poll)
UT -33.0 (1 poll)
WI -1.0 (2 polls)
WV 0.0 (1 poll)

I think early '04 was a high point, before all of the attacks. And yet, he outperformed that high point in 3 key states: NH, PA, and WI.

The Swiftboat attacks did hurt in some places, but not everywhere. And, Ohio -- well, maybe he matched that poll, but the votes just weren't accounted for.