Reply #12: This is so genius. I mean it.

[LoZoccolo]

Now hear me out. The perception that Bush* was good on terror was already there, and it seemed like the only issue on which people thought he was better. Because Kerry is not president - yet - the other side could say whatever they wanted about what he was or was not gonna do if he were in Bush*'s shoes and a certain number of people would believe that. I don't think Kerry could ever overcome this disadvantage - any plan on fighting terrorism Kerry could come up with would most likely be in the direction of fighting smarter, and as such, less understood by the general public. If he went into it, a large segment of people wouldn't even get it. Now you take Bush*'s strongest issue - and really his only issue - and create an equivalence between the two candidates on it, you get...that's right...an advantage or equivalence for Kerry on every issue! Kerry basically just co-opted Bush*'s "tough-on-terror" image that I don't think could really get tore down in the public's opinion by election day.