Base The Vote

The WaPo reviews the new, post-debate George W. Bush:

The president is selling conservatism a lot harder than compassion these days. His "uniter, not a divider" persona seems a quaint vestige, and in recent days, his stump speech has been especially rife with ridicule for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry. He routinely calls his opponent "dangerous," and mocks him repeatedly as a "Massachusetts liberal" and someone who sits on the "left bank" of the American mainstream.

Bush has effectively ended his direct appeal to swing voters, his aides say, and will spend the next 19 days speaking to his hard-core supporters. He will remind them to vote, work hard and get excited.

Thing is, I think he'll win over a lot more undecideds - the ones who are still undecided after all of this campaigning - by going directly to the right anyway.

It's going to be a fun three weeks.

Posted by Mitch at October 15, 2004 02:12 AM | TrackBack