Originally posted by JaTo: I understand this, but the swing vote seems to decide off of metrics other than what you and I do (i.e., studied political ideology) and hinge their decision on what "looks and feels" more to their liking on the surface.
The record voter registrations that most states are observing indicates the population is treating this election differently than in the past. Voters know how important this election is, and are paying more attention. For this reason, I don't think this election is going to come down to style over substance. Most of the poll internals did not change after the debates, and the internals is where the race will be won or lost.
Originally posted by JaTo:I firmly believe that the swing vote is going to decide things and the way that the Kerry campaign is handling their message is FAR better than the way the Bush campaign is using theirs, much to my dislike.
But the Kerry message is garbage. And you're right, Bush did a horrible job of showing just how destructive Kerry's "message" is. When Bush's team, and not Bush, are in charge of showing this over the next 4 weeks, the voters are going to return to their pre-debate mentality.
Would you have preferred that Bush smoke Kerry in the debate last Thursday and enter this Friday's debate cocky, and acting as if the campaign was over? Instead, Bush will prepare for this debate and has the opportunity to affect the campaign in the same way the last debate did.
And Jared, if you're watching, I've heard the audiotape of this interview, so don't try to say it didn't happen because Drudge is reporting it (and I'm sorry about blocking all the names you've IMed me at).
