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With respect to the Reagan speech, and discussing real issues as MoneyGuy suggests:
I actually have not heard Kerry elaborate on any stem cell research ideas or positions. It's possible I've missed it, but he's just not getting his message out.
That's what Kerry's problem is, in a nutshell. Here we are halfway through the convention, and his aides are still saying, "Just wait until you get to know him. You're going to be so impressed!"
The cynical side of me thinks he's a tapdancer, using his Senatorial skills to take both sides (or not take any side at all) of several issues, and the more reasonable side of me thinks he's just not a great politician. A strong candidate with some communications skills (Edwards, maybe Dean, certainly McCain) would be able to knock this relatively weak President right off his perch, IMO.
Finally, I am better off than I was four years ago. But the guy sitting in the White House did not have a damn thing to do with that. That "Are you better off" phrase is an empty platitude. It's a complex question demanding a yes/no answer. It's trite to say that the President's job as a macroeconomist and war commander is going to affect me to that extent over a four-year period - A couple hundred dollars in tax increases/decreases are not going to make me sit up and say I'm worse/better off now. What makes me better off is me.
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