Reply #15: Of course it doesn't guarantee a win [View All]

But you're guaranteed to lose if you don't appeal to moderate voters. It worked for Carter in one election, but not the second one. So what, should he campaign like McGovern? Dukakis? Name for me one president since FDR that won without appealing to moderates.

The thing you are losing site of here is that Bush is not appealing to the middle this time, and it's going to cost him.

Your claim that Nixon was more liberal than Kerry is sadly laughable, as is you assertion that he has to move left to be in the middle. The middle shifts, and Kerry does not hold one view that could be considered right wing.

Kerry is not afraid to take stands. He's been one of the most principled Senators we've been lucky enough to have in the last 20 years. His record shows solid support for Democratic issues and causes. So he may not be left enough for you. Newsflash, you will never get a president that is as far left as you'd like, because this country is filled with people across the political spectrum. Bush's win in 2000 was a fluke, idealogues do not win presidential elections. They can win state elections, but not national elections.

You aren't even giving Kerry a chance, you've already decided that he's unacceptable. It's six months until the election. He hasn't even unveiled his strategy. He gets too definitive right now, he risks peaking too early. Let Bush falter, then make your definitive statements.