Both Kerry and Bush did better than I expected. This was one time it was good to have TV. Bush can take disagreement, but he doesn't like to be told that he made mistakes.

What I remember about the Truman-Dewey campaign is that Truman had specific plans, and Dewey had cllches, much like Kerry & Bush respectively. I noticed afterwards in other elections that the man who was specific won over the man who was for god and country and mom's apple pie. Of course the theory fell down with Goldwater; he was specific about ,say, getting rid of social security but it didn't do him any good. Still, I feel better about Kerry than I did.

clint