 | Bite-Size Toast: A Supplement to this week’s Toast-o-meter |
BITE-SIZE TOAST
Rather than wait until the end of the week, when the news would be, well, stale, here’s a bite-sized version (ok, actually it is practically a loaf in and of itself) detailing the first two nights of the DNC. More bite-size toast tomorrow examining tonight’s festivities.
Initial assessments: the convention’s first two nights have been a tad lukewarm, and hence so far have not been able to toast President Bush in any substantial sense (one guesses that Mr. Bush is feeling more heat from the Texas sun than he has, to date, from the convention). Indeed, Bush may be feeling more immediate heat from Michael Moore.
I remain unconvinced that the “play it nice/don’t overtly bash Bush” strategy is all that wise. First, it assumes that Kerry has the lead, which is by no means the case (neither of them can claim a lead at this point). Second, the lack of passion isn’t good for the base (which plays to issues such as turn-out, which will be key this year, especially if the tie we see in the polls persists to election day).
Indeed, Kerry, though confident, could be feeling a tad warm from his own base. For example, this is not the kind of headline Kerry is hoping for, but I guess hell take it: Many in Boston Will Settle for Boring Over Bush.
And along those lines, Betsy Newmark share the following:
Mickey Kaus records an actual conversation overheard in a cab.
Passenger: “Fleet Center, please.”Boston cab driver (an immigrant): “You like John Kerry, eh?”
Passenger: “Well, I’m a Democrat but I don’t really like Kerry that much.”
Cab driver: “I hear that all day. All day. ‘I don’t like Kerry.’ Why you pick him if you don’t like him?”
And here’s the re-cap of the first two nights of the convention:
Monday
The big stories on Monday were:
The Speeches:
Carter
Gore
Al Gore’s speech was basically torn up, according to two sources, and is now being rewritten, presumably to fit more closely with the party line.
Hillary
Clinton
TUESDAY
The big story on Tuesday was, of course, the Bunny suit and the ensuing BunnyGate.
Republicans were touting a poll showing Kerry Weakening on Issues, Attributes. Paul at Wizbang blogged the details.
Some other general stories:
Kennedy
Ron Reagan
Obama
Teresa
Update: cross-posted at Blogs for Bush.
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I really appreciate these updates. I haven’t had time to watch this year and your summaries are a very nice supplement to my other readings.
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I wonder when the Female voter’s LUST factor, for kerry will kick in. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, he’s so hotttttt. What a hunk, yeah, what a hunk of excretment .I saw him with his boat buddies, or is that butt buddies, I’m not sure. the guy was in the Navy for how long?And the creep still cannot render a proper salute. Some CiC he’ll be.
I can see it now, Women swooning all over him, going ga ga, when they see him, having “accidents,”as he passes by. God, I hope not.
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