September 9, 2004

Out of Touch in Tennessee

Roger Abramson thinks the Tennessee wing of John Kerry's campaign is out-of-touch with voters on what's important:

A campaign flyer published by the Kerry-Edwards 2004 Tennessee campaign office headquarters lists nine things that John Kerry and John Edwards will focus on if they are elected: 1) education, 2) Social Security and Medicare, 3) job growth, 4) health care, 5) safe communities, 6) civil rights, 7) rural issues, 8) veterans' issues and 9) environmental issues.

All of these things are swell, and certainly domestic issues are the Democratic Party's strong suit, but did it ever occur to anyone that mentioning "terrorism" and "Iraq" somewhere - you know, the two issues that according to last weekend's Gallup Poll are the most salient of this election for a majority of Americans - might be a good idea?

It ain't 1992 anymore, guys.