>Ah yes, Ridgeway and Cooper command massive numbers of delegates in the
>Democratic Party. Come on-- this game of pointing to journalists as
>representing any "wing" of the party is silly.
>
>Yoshie and others don't have to like Kerry, but Democratic voters did, in
>rather large numbers. And 400,000 of them have contributed money to his
>campaign in amounts that dwarf what past candidates had raised at this time.
>I believe its more than Bill did as incumbent President in 1996 and with a
>far broader base of small contributors.
>
>Why don't all the backbiters just lay back for the next six months-- since
>it doesn't matter who wins, so why waste your breath-- and then you'll have
>plenty of time to say "I told you so" when Kerry makes the expected
>compromises once in power?
To make compromises, you have to start from principled positions. Just what are Kerry's?
The "large numbers" who voted for JFK II in the primaries did so because they thought he was "electable." Now he's looking like a seriously dismal candidate. The only reason to support him now is because he's not Bush; compelling pro-Kerry arguments don't surface easily in the mind.
Doug