I do agree with some of what this writer says:
Regardless of how Kerry flips and flops, at the end of the day, he almost always winds up on the socialist side of any issue. His flip/flops are designed to hide his true statist beliefs. To that extent, he is not inconsistent in his overall world view.
You are right on.
Unfortunately, Bush is doing less to make this case than to go after less relevant things as pointed out in this opinion piece.
I am very worried that the chosen Bush strategy works better when neither candidate is already the President.