http://www.moderateindependent.com/v2i19poorpress.htmOCTOBER 15, 2004 – Ah, the poor non-Moderate Independent media, so far behind the times.
Yes, the Washington Post is now saying, “The Bush team's ferocious advertising push in the spring and summer and the Republican convention were successful at defining Kerry as a vacillating opportunist who has no coherent policy on Iraq and is spineless on terrorism. But the strategy may have worked too well, pollsters and operatives say: By turning Kerry into a cartoon, the Bush campaign created such low expectations for the senator that he easily exceeded them in the debates.” (see article: Bush's Cartoon of Kerry Failed to Show Up)
That’s great, but back before any of the debates, on September 30, our John Ashton wrote: “What will shock the entire press is what a profound effect the debates have in advancing Kerry's cause. All America has heard is about a weak, Gore-like man who is a flip-flopaholic. But what they will see is that this characterization is just one more Bush-brand lie.” (see article: Debate Number One - Shh... Don't Tell The Bushies, But George, Jr. Is About To Get Shellacked )
And shock them it did. Poor confused non-M/I pundits. They didn’t learn during the primaries that we are always weeks to months ahead of the game. They were saying Dean was leading for months after we informed the world that Dean was done. And now they are at it again.
How about this one from CNN: “I expect the race will ultimately break for one candidate in the final days, with the winner leading by 3 to 6 percentage points. (I have previously suggested that the margin might be 5 to 8 points.)” (see article: Kerry Scores Third Win, But Race Far From Over)
As in the landslide we have been talking about for nine months now, not the neck in neck race the others are still reporting.
Or how about the WashPost’s Terry Neal finally starting to get the idea that you should forget what the polls say, a sizeable advantage is to Kerry. “"Conventional wisdom tells us that a good ground game means three to four points on Election Day," said Sarah Leonard, a spokeswoman for America Coming Together, a coalition of liberal, feminist and environmental organizations that supports Kerry… (and another expert says) "We are tempted to argue that Bush actually needed his full 5 to 6 percent September lead to insure a narrow victory”.” (see article: What Poll And Registration Numbers Don't Reveal)
As in this neck and neck race is not neck in neck but really a big Kerry lead, like we have been saying for months and months.
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