Breaking news: Kerry WILL accept nomination at convention

[Bombtrack]

Just heard on local news. No link yet

[Burma Jones]

1. Here's a link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58224-2004May26.html

[napi21]

6. It was good for him to float that balloon. Points out the 5 week

unfair advantage the Pubs built into the system.

BTW, do you know if groups like MoveOn can still air ads during that 5 weeks?

[troublemaker]

2. idiot! ... (clearing throat)... IDIOT!

Now I'm scared! Knuckling under to non-existent pressure is a bad precedent.

[leftistagitator]

3. Knuckling under?

He never said he was going to postpone the nomination, just that he was considering it. There is a cost to doing it as well as the benefit of the 5 extra weeks. If he postponed, that would make the convention anti-climatic and for the most part worthless, so he decided to go the traditional route. That hardly makes him an idiot and he isn't knuckling under to anyone.

[dammit905]

4. Agreed

I was about to say the same thing. It's a good choice.

[Cheswick2.0]

5. good, it was a dumb idea

why bother having the convention? The only advantage is the convention bounce. Without that, it's just an expensive party.

[jpgray]

7. Amen to that. There would be an unprecedented media thrashing over this

Even if Kerry spends nada in August, he can count on the DNC and the 527s to maintain parity. Even if he slips behind, August is definitely the time to be behind, since building too commanding a lead early on would really tempt the media to play their favorite 'pauperize the king and kingmake the pauper' game, which they played all through the primaries.

[bluedog]

9. might have been(NOT)

a dumb idea or NOT.it kept his name in the news and he didn't even have to pay for it!!! Not so dumb if you ask me.the media bite this baby.hook line and sinker!!

[Gothmog]

8. We are letting Rove get by with a fast one

I hate the fact that Karl Rove is getting away with this and now has an advantage in the fall race. The more that I read about this loophole, the more I am convinced that one of the reasons that Rove schedule the GOP convention so late was to take advantage of this loophole.

[progdonkey]

10. 5 weeks won't matter

Remember, the Bush people have spent $70 million over the past two months on negative ads against Kerry, with absolutely nothing to show for it.

Why should we be concerned about the five weeks between the two conventions? The lower profile Kerry has, the better he does, paradoxically. If Kerry had gone through with the late nomination thing, it would've been too easy for the Right to lambast him for "trying to change the rules to suit himself."

Kerry shouldn't do anything strange this election; Bush is doing good enough a job of destroying himself. Why ruin a good thing?