Oh, and one more thing. Kerry isn't just trailing in the Gallup poll. The CBS/New York Times poll published Friday night also shows Kerry trailing Bush by 8 points--which is twice the margin of error.

Last spring, I simply didn't believe it was possible for Kerry to lose. The economy sucked, jobs weren't coming back, people are losing health insurance in droves because they can't afford the premiums anymore, the war on Iraq and Afghanistan not only goes from bad to worse, but the entire region is now profoundly destabilized in a way it wasn't prior to the US invasion....

And Kerry is trailing in the polls. So let me ask you this, Kerry voters. If Kerry is this bad and ineffectual as a candidate (which I would argue he also was as a US Senator), what the hell makes you think he is going to be any better than this as president?

Not only will he not even try to stop this runaway train, he can't even succeed at damage control.