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As soon as more people realize who he really is he will pose less and less of a threat. How can you be neck and neck with an unpopular president, anyway?

i still don't think he has a chinaman's chance, with all the bad press the president received over the last month they are still too close to call. the electoral college favors the republicans and kerry won't even win the states gore won in 2000.

Bush will not be defeated, Do not fool yourselves, Unless the twin parties decide it will be so. The only way to win is to vote for a third party, or not at all. It won't be long before the government is forced to alter its election proci. The real figures are something around 32-39% of the population voting in our presidential elections. Under the current system, we do not truely have an active govenment that represents the american on average.

He is the right man for this job.

Kerry at least has a chance of beating Bush. He has already put Bush on the defensive with some of his comments and has shown that he is no passive Michael Dukakis who can be pushed around. Also, he seems to be a little more cerebral than Governor Dean, so I don't think he will be as likely to make gaffes as that poor man. However, as Kerry himself has recognized the Republicans have a formidable attack squad, and it remains to be seen how Kerry will stand up to their mudslinging.

Kerry is the front runner now and the best chance we have for defeating Bush. I like his politics and I think that he would make a decent president. A Kerry/Edwards ticket would not be a bad idea.

wow...this is hilarious. you know bigbaby, you should do a little more background search on kerry vs. bush and the topics each could cover in the debates. kerry is overly prepared and is just plain smarter than bush. he can actually pronounce the word nuclear and doesn't pronounce it nucular. bush will be made a fool on national television by kerry.the day it happens is the day all americans (the ones who realize who the better man is) will realize that whether they vote democrat or republican...kerry is on top...and bush has his legs wide in the air getting f*****. all kerry has to do is cover HIS military history vs. bush's. then he has to show how bad the economy has dropped into recession over the last 4 years compared the the last president in office (which happened to be a democrat)who had created millions of jobs for the working man rather than sitting back sacraficing a mans job to watch his stock rise a quarter of a point. bush will be made a fool in the debate, kerry is just the better man. and im not saying this because i am a democrat, but im saying this because its the truth..and its what i have researched on my own rather than just fox news and oreilly.

I expect that John Kerry will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. The only way he won't be nominated is if a very bad scandal comes out. That leaves the question of his electability versus George Bush. I hate to issue political odds, but if I were betting in Vegas over who'd win a Kerry-Bush matchup, I would say that Bush wins. It will be a very close election however. John Kerry is no Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, or George McGovern. When the Republicans throw their hit squads at him, he is going to hit back hard. And he has the money to hit back too. I've personally always liked John Kerry and his record. In many respects, I am much more conservative than he is, indeed I'm a Republican, but he's not one of these doctrinare liberals like Ted Kennedy, so I can definitely cast my vote for him in the next election. He voted for a balance budget, he's a free trader, solid on defense matters. I definitely believe that Kerry would be a solid president, probably better than the current occupant of the White House which I voted for back in 2000. Kerry however has a perception problem, one that most Senators who have run for president in the past have had to deal with. He drones on and on, he's not concise in his speeches, which are nothing electrifying by the way. The best advice that I got came from a local politician I know who told me to make my speeches short and sweet. Don't ramble for 15 minutes on something dumb. Make your point, make it an enlightening one and go. He seems too much of an elitist, a guy with a chip on his shoulder. Politics is perception driven, the nicest guy is the one who always win. Bush might be a bumbler, a person of limited vision, but he's a nice guy, he makes people feel safe and that's what he has going for him going into the election. Kerry has to build up his national security credentials and shed the Boston Brahmin coat. This election is going to turn on winning the Midwest and that kind of stuff doesn't fly in those areas. Additionally Kerry is going to have to pick up some Southern states if he expects to have any realistic chance at winning the White House. From looking at the polls, it's apparent that he can win Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and maybe Florida. If Bush can use cultural wedge issues like gay marriage to his advantage in Southern Bible Belt states, then he will sweep the region once again. If he can't, jobs, economy and foreign policy will take the stage in these states. If this happens, Kerry will do better in the region and he'll win the election. So it all depends how he conducts himself in this election. He has to stay on his feet and not allow the Bush campaign to define him. The big problem Bush has is that he is losing the support of Independent voters and Democrats are almost completely against him. There are very few Democrats publicly supporting Bush. The cultural conservatives and evangelicals are going to turn out for George Bush, irrespective of his failures as President. They are a poignant force in modern US politics, but Kerry will win the Democratic base along with a majority of independent voters, giving him a solid chance. I believe that it will be a very close election; I really can't tell you who will win, but Bush remains the odds-on favorite.

I will not vote for Kerry, but he certainly has a more than legit chance of defeating Bush in the general election. His voting record and use of PAC funds will be exposed, but I don't think it will hurt him that much. This country is so politically divided that any general election will be close. Dems are going to support their candidate regardless and ditto for the Republicans. It will come down to the swing states of Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania as far as who gets elected. Another election of more electoral votes and fewer popular votes may happen again.

Seems like the great leader now, but will be torn apart by Bush in the debates. He's got an identical voting record as Ted Kennedy and flip flops on most issues.