[dyed_in_the_wool]

I think Kerry has had 30 years to define himself, Bush et al. are merely highlighting his career.

And I wonder what the big deal is? Lee Atwater had a 150 day game plan for Dukakis. I'm kind of bummed that they only have a 3 monther ready.
BTW, Lee was really surprised that the Willie Horton ads took off. They were scheduled to run one day, on an afternoon, and got wicked traction.

[SCHROLL]

Three months? It should only take slightly less than two to have the Dems running into the hills away from this guy. He's everything he accuses Bush of being-a liar, arrogant, and a big f**k up.

[txhurl]

Now this irritates me because where the admin is going to spend untold $s doing this, we freepers could have done it for free.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

[Hugin]

I think Dick Morris made an excellent point that the first thing they need to do is paint Kerry now as a lying weasel (OK, he said a flip-flopper). Then later on when they expose him as an extreme liberal, any attempt to counter it will just be seen as more lies, er, I mean flip-flops. Kerry saying things like "I voted for it before I voted against it" is incredibly helpful to the Bush strategery.

[dunblak]

I've handled political campaigns for years and cannot believe the stories coming out of this campaign. This is an extremely foolish action on the part of "senior Bush aides" to discuss strategy of any kind with the press. It drips insincerity and manipulation. Shut up and let the press be surprised!!!!! Can anyone get this message to someone who matters!

[longtermmemmory]

I wonder if this is disinformation. This administration has been pretty leakproof for the most part. Either that or this is intentional leaking. A "whites of the eyes" thing.

[NYCVirago]

Mr. Kerry's campaign acknowledges that he is nowhere near as well-known as is Mr. Bush. But it contended that was more of a problem for Mr. Bush, who they said was trying to turn the election into a referendum on Mr. Kerry rather than one about the president.

Why can't it be both -- because Democrats decided otherwise?

[Betaille]

This sounds like a great strategy, I see the Bush Campaign has started to pay attention to our FR posts, :)
P.S. Why are Bush staffers talking about their strategy to the NYtimes?

[GailA]

Two words define hanoi john...FLIP FLOPER

Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty at the federal level.

hanoi john soft on crime, soft on terrorist.