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"And now," Mr. Kerry said, "I have a special message for the special interests that have a home in the Bush White House: We're coming, you're going, and don't let the door hit you on the way out."

OK. I will give him a better picture. I would have made it bigger if he had said 'don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out' but.......you can't have everything. He did come to life a bit. Perhaps under the dour exterior there is a little fire. If there is no fire, there is no beating Bush.

I have to remember that I synched with him pretty good on the AOL Presidential Match Guide. I am close to Edwards too, but I do not know diddle about him. Gotta take a look.

Dean is limping. What happened? Our righty Andrew Sullivan had some musings about it yesterday and today. Take a look at his 011904 entry; particularly the part about the Gore kiss of death. You cannot deny Al Gore's zombie effect on everything and everybody he touches. I have never been able to figure that out; because in full holler, he is powerfully convincing and moving. But he has this aura of invincible failure. He is a lot like Carter in this way. That was another mistake: taking off to get Jimmy's tepid smiles and mealy-mouthed platitudes; looking like a suck-up in the process. We know Dean doesn't go to Sunday School.

I like the anger thing but it does make a lot of people nervous. I do not know what to make of it yet.

I am not much for post mortems and I don't take it personal either. Let's see what happens next. I love elections. I am part of the electorate. I get to go through the process with everyone else. It is great stuff and quintessentially American! The right to have and change my own mind.

I like the rest of his statement too. I will put it all in:

"This president has an open hand for his friends at Halliburton, but he has turned his back on our friends and neighbors," he said. "He has turned his back on America's teachers and America's schools. And I will crisscross this country in this campaign and hold George W. Bush accountable for making a mockery of the words `no child left behind.'

"Add up the deficit and the indifference of this administration," he added. "Count the cost that working families are paying while the privileged ride high and reap the rewards. Seniors have seen their retirements stolen by Enron and Worldcom. We've seen financial scandals and jobs sent overseas. And at companies like Tyco, we've seen a work places where this president licenses a creed of greed."

"Two million people have seen their health insurance blown away, and three million people have lost their jobs," he said. "And when we add it all up, as I have in Iowa and New Hampshire and as we will all the way to November, it is clear that the one person in the United States of America who deserves to be laid off is George W. Bush.