Temperature Taking: How Hot for Kerry

[BurtWorm]

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I'm torn really

Half of me wants him to be more noticeable, the other half of me sees the continuing train wreck that is the Bush administration, so Kerry being more aggressive might backfire considerably. Best not to get in the way of a train wreck.

[Nicholas_J]

6. Yup

Kerry's best bet is to let the latest media assault on Bush take its course, and take advantages of the bricks that the media is handing him to use against Bush, late in the campaign Kerry's early philosophy on how to handle Iraq (wait, let the U.N. do its thing, be patient as Saddam can wait a few months longer, use more international diplomacy and so on ) Kerry will end up looking very good based on his early ideas on what to do about Iraq.

[w13rd0]

2. Should have just specified the temps without the definitions...

...too many qualifiers. The reason for a persons "temperature" is going to vary by person. One may, for instance, not be "further to the left" but still Warm, or Cool, for completely different reasons...

[BurtWorm]

3. Good point.

I'll delete the qualifiers.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Overall

Ten men and women ran for the Democratic candidacy. The busted their asses, stumped with diligence, and fought with intelligence and intensity. I call them "The Magnificent Ten". And I don't leave Lieberman out for the simple reason that solidarity is better than fractiousness.

Kerry is a good man who has what it takes to call fire down upon Team Bush. I'm content to leave the differences for another day.

Kerry isn't the "lesser of two evils" ... no, Kerry is the tallest of ten giants. Ten giants who strode forward into the fire from a political tribe that has once again begun fostering giants.

Let's get those Bush bastards! ... sir!

--bkl

[BurtWorm]

5. For reference: Past poll 4/18/04

How excited are you about Kerry?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=468588


Poll result (147 votes)
Hot! Very excited by the campaign! (60 votes, 41%)
Warm. I like the way things are going. (13 votes, 9%)
Tepid. I could be more excited. I hope I will be. (25 votes, 17%)
Cool. I could be a *lot* more excited. (6 votes, 4%)
Cold. Nuff said. (43 votes, 29%)