October 07, 2004
Here it Comes...
filed under: Stuff to worry aboutThis post at Talking Points Memo says it all:
Uh-oh ...Kerry over Bush 50% to 46% among likely voters...
The talk of the left-leaning blogosphere today is: the GOP has been bloodied, and it's likely to make them mean. Er. Meaner. Expect the level of unsubstantiated attack to go up. Expect the level of misinterpreted statistics to go up. Except spin and bullying and fearmongering to a level we have not yet seen, for the next 26 days.
Because if we expect it, and if we tell everyone we know to expect it, then when it comes we'll be able to jiu-jitsu it against them. They're going to come out swinging freely. We need to stay calm, stay focussed, and only worry about deflecting the blows that are going to do real damage.
The Kerry campaign has gotten to this point, where momentum is truly on their side, by refusing to panic, refusing to become overdramatic, and refusing to be drawn into nasty little tit-for-tats. Rise above the noise and fray and keep talking about the essentials: both on the Pro-Kerry (go to the website if you need talking points) and Anti-Bush sides.
Posted by rjt at October 7, 2004 01:39 PM