Campaign back to square one

Campaign back to square one

WASHINGTON -- After two years of campaigning, more than $500 million in spending and countless allegations, proved and not, the presidential campaign of 2004 has come back to a very traditional place.

With slightly more than seven weeks to go, President Bush has a small lead in national polls. His challenger, Democrat John Kerry, has less than two months to make a case to replace Bush.

But like everything since 2001, the 2004 campaign also has a never-been-here-before feel. And that's why Bush versus Kerry has often looked more like a frenetic retreat through the 1960s and 1970s than a measured debate over the future...


Kerry is no stranger to obstacles. Kerry was counted out in the presidential race as late as December 2003 before winning the Iowa caucuses a month later.

"He is the best closer in the business, and I think you will see him do in the next two months exactly what you saw him do in the primary," said Michael Dukakis, the Democrats' 1988 presidential nominee.


http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20040913/localnews/1224740.html

to God's ear.

hit extremely hard by the recession in the 1970s, it never recovered. The images of Flint, MI in F9/11 reminded me a lot of Mansfield.

That's kind of teh nature of the game, I think.

Bryant
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