Soon the MSM I believe will go after the SBV with a vengence, and it's evident they are not going to press Kerry for an answer to any charge made against him.
So the "FOCUS" til the election is NOT going to be on Kerry's dismal senate record, but this VN thing...
Maybe, maybe not. There's nothing to say that the "focus" may not change during the convention or during the debates or afterward. There is still time to shine light on his record. Many people won't start paying attention until September.
I think the focus will be on this only for the next coupl of weeks (the CFR gag kicks in about that time. At least it's costing the K/E campaign some $$ to counter.
The President's campaign will then really start attacking Kerry's senate record and comparing plans for the future.
At lest that my take.
Think of the GWI strategy, Saddam was fixated on the notion that the main attack would be amphibious and directly from the south from SA. It didn't turn out this way and the 100hr war was fought in the vast, trackless deserts to the east at a time and place of our own choosing.
Kerry and the MSM are approaching the SBVs in the same way - tunnel-visioning on this issue and leaving his years of political history to be exploited at "just the right time" by Bush. This is not a matter of co-ordination between Bush and the SBV but a problem of the Democrats and the MSM not vetting their nominees so they wouldn't have a Presidential candidate so vunerable on so many fronts.
Sucks to be Kerry.