Reply #6: Politics and maturity---both arts of the possible

[Shanty Oilish]

I've been a Kerry supporter right along, and not for reasons of ideological purity. That won't win this election.
This one's a reactive election. The mood is anti-Bush, not pro any liberal supernova in the sky. The nation is not energized to do great deeds and buff up the political body, it's just Bush-sick. Sufficient, I think, to deny Bush a second term.
That's enough for me. Let's go with a seasoned politician who knows his way around the hill, whose liberal credentials are undeniable, whose campaigns have succeeded and whose gaffes are infrequent.

He can win, and when he wins, the Bush-sick will have relief and the idealists---they may just find that he's got a bigger plan than just keeping the seat warm in the Oval Office.