“I think people in America are tired of this stuff. “

Published April 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats, Media and Politics.

If John Kerry had said this in 2004 we would be discussing his re-election now. But I’m glad he said it on MSNBC today.

1 Sarah in DC
Apr 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

ah, what coulda, shoulda, woulda been had Kerry done some things differently in 2004..
2 Vanessa
Apr 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

I really admired Kerry in 2004 and I admire him now. I don’t understand why he wasn’t elected. Perhaps I’m out of touch.
3 Wellstone
Apr 30th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

He wasn’t elected for several reasons, none of which had to do with his qualities as a candidate.

1. His campaign was full of outdated, expensive Dem consultants who all gave him the wrong advice at the wrong time.

2. As a result, his campaign was consistently late in identifying opportunities and threats, and worse at identifying and implementing the correct strategies and tactics to capitalize on opportunities and neutralize threats.

3. He was unable to overcome the massive dollar advantage of the GOP machine in time to avoid being “defined” in early 2004. He DID somehow manage to pull even in the money race and polls by early August, but fell apart in September when the GOP Convention selected GW Bush and the SwiftBoat and other smears moved into high gear.
4 Duros62
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:17 am

’stone, this reminds me of something, but i can’t quite place it…

Oliver Willis