Arianna and I…
Seem to agree that it’s time for Kerry to set aside attacks on the Bushies based on a series of one-by-one policy speeches and try for something grander. In a column appearing in today’s Arizona Daily Star she compares the campaign to a baseball game.
"Poor Karl Rove. He’s the George Steinbrenner of presidential politics. He’s assembled the best campaign team corporate money can buy and his all-star lineup of heavy hitters is being mowed down like a bunch of bottom-of-the-batting-order chumps."
"All of which leaves the dugout door wide open to shake off the small ball signals his advisors are giving him and swing for the fences. Forget about trying to put together a bunch of policy singles."
"Kerry needs to…offer up a bold vision that is bigger than the things that divide us.I believe that the country is so longing for this that I consider an appeal to idealism the sleeper issue of 2004."
Right on, Arianna! This column is a must read. If you’ve missed it elsewhere you can read it in today’s Arizona Daily Star.
