This election season It just gets better and better. Gore didn't run, gracefully. Dean woke up the Dems and then all the momentum transferred seamlessly to the strongest candidate, who keeps doing the right things. The bad news from Iraq and the 9/11 Commission comes in at just the right time and public mood starts turning just when it should. The famously scattershot Dems have a convention so on message even Republicans are impressed. The common wisdom about Kerry's speech was that he had to give a great one. Well, he was no Obama, but he was presidential. It really, really worked. Not a misstep to my ears, not one. Being overly stentorian may grate on one (the biggest criticism I have--not enough changes in tone of voice) but it's grating in the right direction--the respectable one.

Damned if I don't think we can do this. I just hope when we get there we can fix some of the damage. But we SO can get there.

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