"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership.
Kerry has less than seven weeks to take over the lead in the presidential race. Democrats hope a major shift will come from the debates, but his strategy in the meantime is based less on building himself up than on tearing down the president."
Edit: "So far, the DNC's effort has been focused on accusing Bush of using family connections to get into the National Guard during the Vietnam War, then skipping his duty." - Another reason they are clueless - people don't want to hear any more poltical BS on Vietnam.
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This tactic has not been working for him, yet they continue to make the same mistake.
If he has any chance (not much in my mind) he needs to start defining his agenda.
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