Reply #5: Once again, the social issues went Dem in '04 [View All]

[TayTay]

Sen. Kerry's positions on jobs, the economy, health care, the environment and so forth *got* through. The internal polls cited by the DNC in last year's winter meetings showed this. (Gawd, Health care was 77% Kerry to 20% Bush or something like that.) That part of the message got through. It is getting through now. (Doesn't anyone else read the real polls?)

Carville is out for Carville. He wants new clients to consult with in '06 and rake in some money. He also needs a 'winnah' because some of his track record is shaky. He did no favors to the Kerry campaign last time. I don't trust him, but then again, I haven't for a long, long time. (Sigh, the Clinton Admin started so well, then what happened to that vaunted message control? Poof! Gone. Sigh! Yeah, I know, Carville does 'elections' but still.)

If Feingold is perceived as far left, then everyone else looks more centrist. Everyone else. Also, I am not convinced that Sen. Feingold will run. We shall see. As it looks now, it is the centrist field that is crowded, more so than the left.