Kerry hasn't been lazy. It's damned hard to pass a decent bill
in congress. Is he status quo? That's a matter of labeling.

Here's what he's got going for him. He's on focus. Doesn't talk about his organization or what he's going to do in the various
states. He seldom uses the word "I". It's mostly "we".
He is clear and concise in his statements and reserves all
of his criticism for Bush. He hasn't attacked any of his
fellow candidates. He doesn't have time for that crap.

He has his own convictions about what should be done and doesn't
follow Dean implicitly. Kerry voted for the Iraq resolution
because he believed the UN would be involved and international
cooperation would be there. That's what Bush promised. He lied.

Kerry has the air of a statesman. If he makes it to president,
I'll wager that he has the respect of the European community
in the same way that JFK had.

Kerry's anger is tempered by a quiet and logical approach to
politics. No rah rah or fist pounding. He stays with the issues. and No ad hominems. No attack ads for fellow candidates either.
(What about Dean and Gephardt in Iowa?) See, the problem is that
Democrats keep shooting themselves in the feet. It's time for
a party unity and not the pseudo-centrist approach of Lieberman.
Guess what? There is no centrist anymore. What the news pundits
refer to when they speak of centrist is more Bush-speak. The center has moved Right.

I don't agree with Kerry about the Iraq resolution. But I think
he can beat Bush in style as well as content. I don't think he's doing enough to win African-American or Latino voters. That could change. Can he win the South? We'll just have to see.

The General made a faux-pas at New Hampshire U where he informed
the students that they would be hearing from their local recruiter.
It was a joke I guess but didn't go over too well.

The "insider" "outsider" thing is a red herring now that Dean
has a new crew.

Eventually the Bush vitriol runs dry and then you have to elect
someone who doesn't trade on Bush-hating but on a vision for
America. I hear that in Kerry's message.

Some of it may have come from Dean but it was there with Kerry
at the beginning too.

Being electable has to do with being a skilled politician. I think Kerry is.

Frank