"Rules for predicting the Kerry/Bush Outcome"

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Really good article!!!! Puts things in perspective

http://www.democrats.us/editorial/shields091904.shtml

By: Mark Shields
Syndicated Columnist

To those of us who eat, sleep and occasionally drink politics, nearly everything that happens in a presidential campaign is interesting, but very few things are really important.

What follows is a tip-sheet I hope will be helpful in following and understanding the last six weeks of the 2004 presidential campaign.

First, you can protect endless hours of valuable time by ignoring all stories on any of the following subjects:

Campaign personnel hiring and in-fighting.

No undecided voter in or near Franklin County (Columbus), Ohio, will base her or his presidential decision on whether or not media-whiz Bob Shrum is still number one on John Kerry's dance card or if George W. Bush had to make clear to master strategist Karl Rove just who was really in charge of this campaign.