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Post by qwertyPost by qwertyPost by qwertyPost by qwertyIndeed, it shows it's nowhere near they were during Clinton's
Presidency!
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The dow i s higher now than in Clintons last year at many points.
Oh please, it's not even close to Clinton's high that same year!
Historically, the market does better with Democrats as President than
Republicans.
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The Dow made hughe % Gains under 12 years of Reagan & Bush. Democrats like
Carter gave us 22% Car loan rates and 20 % Home mortgages.
Yeah that really helped the stock market all right.
You really ARE too stupid to vote, aren't you?
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Sorry, your moronic posts makes no sense. I gu7ess you prefer 20 % home
mortgage rates insted of 5 % ones that we have today. Oh wait, tralier park
trash like you do not have home mortgages , just rent. Nevermind.
washingtonpost.com
A Kerry-Worrying Trend
Is It Too Soon to Panic? Evidently Not.
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 10, 2004; Page C01
"John Kerry Must Go."
That Village Voice headline may be a tad dramatic, but stories about
disaffected Democrats are spreading like wildfire through the media forest.
Never mind that the Massachusetts senator is just about even with an
incumbent president six months before the election. The naysayers are
seizing the spotlight.
"There's definitely a Beltway maelstrom," says Democratic strategist Jenny
Backus. "There are a whole bunch of Monday morning quarterbacks who live in
Washington and feed a lot of these reporters. People use the press as a
giant instant-message board."
No wonder Slate blogger Mickey Kaus has started a "Dem Panic Watch."
Consider:
"Kerry Struggling to Find a Theme, Democrats Fear," says the New York Times.
"It's six months until the election, and Democrats are already having
buyer's remorse," says John Fund of OpinionJournal.com.
"Democratic leaders fear he's getting 'Gored,' " says the Associated Press.
"The Trouble Is, So Far Kerry Stinks on TV," says the New York Observer.
Some Democrats are "pretty freaked out" by Kerry, says the New York Post.
They see "a listless and message-less mishmash," says Newsweek. The man "has
something of a gift for the toxic sound bite," says Time.
Kerry's spokeswoman, Stephanie Cutter, scoffs at "all these unnamed sources
griping," though some have expressed their reservations on the record. "We
do know what we're doing, believe it or not," she says, recalling how the
early obituaries for Kerry during the primaries gave way to stories that
"we're geniuses." President Bush's campaign spokesman, Terry Holt,
attributes the coverage to "John Kerry's own words and missteps."
Why all the downbeat stories?
. Democrats can't believe that Kerry is slightly trailing Bush after the
violent setbacks in Iraq and the fallout from the 9/11 commission hearings.
. Handicappers don't understand how a decorated Vietnam War veteran running
against a man with gaps in his National Guard record got bogged down
explaining whether he had thrown away his medals or his ribbons 33 years
ago.
. Journalists slavishly follow the polls in search of some new trend to
divine.
. The veepstakes thing is really getting old.
"Kerry has not had a good few months, but I'm not sure that's particularly
relevant," says Los Angeles Times columnist Ron Brownstein, who views the
election as mainly a referendum on Bush. "It's not easy for the challenger
to generate enough sustained attention before the convention to tell a
story. Bill Clinton was in third place at this point. There's a tendency in
the press corps to ride the waves high and low in these races."
New York Times columnist David Brooks doesn't see the pessimism toward Kerry
as media-driven. "No one really loves him, and a lot of people are cool to
him, so there's not a passionate well of support. Republicans think Bush is
making huge mistakes, but still have a level of emotional commitment to the
guy."
Strange as it seems, given that Kerry through the primaries, at least a few
chattering-class members are discussing the Torricelli option, a reference
to the replacement of scandal-scarred Robert Torricelli on the New Jersey
ballot late in the 2002 U.S. Senate campaign.
"Look for the Dem biggies, whoever they are these days, to sit down with the
rich and arrogant presumptive nominee and try to persuade him to take a
hike," writes Village Voice columnist James Ridgeway. Kerry also might be
struck by lightning the next time he goes snowboarding.
Most campaigns go through these turbulent cycles. In early September 2000, a
front-page New York Times story warned: "Prominent Republicans around the
country, including several who advise Gov. George W. Bush, say they are
worried that his candidacy has floundered in recent weeks." Time's cover
said: "Humpty W.: How Bad a Fall?" Matt Lauer said on "Today" that "there's
growing concern in Republican circles about a loss of momentum in the Bush
campaign."
Kevin Drum, a California-based columnist for the Washington Monthly, says
that Kerry isn't a great campaigner but that "it's just too early" for such
pieces. "I'm not sure it's anything other than [reporters] looking for a
story. . . . It's pretty much inside the Beltway."
Kerry challenged the prevailing wisdom last week, telling reporters: "I like
where we are today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13083-2004May9?language=printer