This
editorial from the
Capital Times, Madison, WI makes an excellent point, noted in other ways in other Kos diaries, that Kerry has really blown it on his statements about the war in Iraq.
Choice excerpt:
Kerry should pay attention to a point made by U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. Feingold says that Democrats make a mistake by assuming that so-called "swing" voters are centrists who support the war. A lot of undecided voters, Feingold suggests, are Americans who believe this war is a terrible mistake and who want a leader who recognizes that fact and will bring it to an end.
Similarly, Paul Wellstone was in a tight battle with Norm Coleman until Wellstone voted against the Iraq war resolution. Wellstone then opened a lead on Coleman. Kerry needs to learn a lesson from the progressives and stop his Republican Lite war posturing.