POLL, The media's next Democratic smear victim.

[wisteria]

Suppose Senator Kerry lays low for a while and the media and "others" don't have him to kick around for a while, who do you think they will substitute for Kerry?
We are all aware that for now, Repubs are not going to be victims of media attacks. They are all entitled to a free corporate fluff piece. Except for Mccain, he has been very good so he gets the bonus package fluff pieces.

My choice is Edwards. Not because I want to see him attacked, but because he is positioning himself well right now and has had good exposure of late. He certainly has a past worth looking into.

[ginnyinWI]

1. Ed Rollins and Joe Trippi had an interesting conversation

on Hardball. Rollins (repub strategist) said that they all want Hillary to be the nominee because they could beat her. Either we take this at face value, or we assume that it means the opposite--that they don't want her to be the nominee. Why else would he plainly state it. He said Obama is a blank slate that everyone is projecting their expectations on, and people like him because he has a nice deep voice. At the mention of Edwards he just shrugged and said, "eh."

Trippi wants Gore to run. Thought he could have won in'04. Said he's confident that after two terms of a repub president, people will want a Dem one, if historical patterns follow--unless the president is popular (not a chimp with his ratings in the toilet).

They didn't talk about Kerry this time(good thing). Trippi at other times has said good things about Kerry, so maybe would approve of another Kerry run sooner or later.

I guess we won't have to wait too long before we know JK's mind on this.

[beachmom]

2. Yep -- I agree that it will be Edwards. They already went after

him with the Walmart thing (there ended up being an op-ed RW hit piece in my newspaper). They can't go after Obama yet because they've been trumpeting about him too much. But, see, once they've gotten people excited about him, then in about 6 months they'll start tearing him down. Wes Clark isn't even on the map so they won't bother. Gore isn't in the race yet -- wait on that.