Reply #6: A wash? I don't think so [View All]

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The current stage of the battle may have negated any advantage accrued by either side, Republican pollster Neil Newhouse said.

Newhouse said Bush had the advantage when the debate centered on Kerry's actions in Vietnam because the questions raised doubts about Kerry's credibility. Now that the debate has shifted to questions about campaign tactics and political insiders, Newhouse said, Bush lost his advantage.

"Bush gained early, now it's a wash," he said.

Not quite, Newhouse--It may be a wash statistically, but Kerry now has a HUGE psychological advantage. The Bush camp HAD to "shift the debate" because the Smear-Boaters been caught in a lie (leaving Kerry's credibility intact), AND because they had ties to the Bush campaign. And thanks to that commercial showing McCain dissing Bush for smearing him, the public now knows that a) there is no depth to which Bush will not stoop, and b) that McCain is either a flip-flopper du tutti flip-floppers, or the very nut case that Bush had implied that he was. No wonder McCain asked Kerry to stop running it!

Coming out against 527 groups in general isn't the answer. Unless Bush comes out against the Smear-Boaters, the Kerry camp has carte blanche to play up his ties to them, and more important, to take a good hard look at HIS military record.

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