October 11, 2004

Kerry's House of Ketchup #27

Kerry speaks.

It's been a few weeks, but the greatest, most stupendous, most scintillating linkfest devoted to the windsurfing Senator is back! Since the last KHoK we've endured two Presidential "debates" and one Vice Presidential "debate." These events are glorified dual press conferences when the goals are to spit out the talking points and to not embarass yourself on live television. If the debates wouldn't take place the polls would still be pretty much were they are. If they actually debated each other then we'd have something, but I'm not holding my breath.

Enough of my debate bashing (I watched all of them so far so I shouldn't complaing at all) we need to know who the markets think is winning. On the Iowa Electronic Markets we see John Kerry making a comeback. Either traders think he did well in the first debate (he did) or they think Bush was going to high--a case of "irrational exuberance." On TradeSports.com, President Bush leads 58.4 to 40.7. Both markets think Bush will win, but the gap has narrowed.

Now we come to the best part of KHoK. Here's what some of the blogosphere is thinking:

• Much is being made of material in Sunday's NY Times Magazine. Here's Althouse's interesting take using Kerry's past as a prosecutor.
  

• Mitch Berg noticed what kind of water Kerry drinks.
  

• Based on the same story, Jay Reding wonders how much terrorism a President Kerry would tolerate.
  

• Varifrank noticed Kerry hasn't said the v-word.
  

• Kerry still talks about internationalizing post-war operations in Iraq, but knows no one will come even if he's elected. He better find a Plan B.
  

• John Kerry's been claiming he would be more conservative than President Bush in a few respects. Roger Simon found one that isn't flattering to the Senator.
  

• The Senator's call for 40,000 more troops is more complicated than simply signing up a lot of new recruits. A reservist also points out a portion of Kerry's Senate record he wants you to ignore.
  

• Kerry Edwards has talked a lot about reforming the intelligence community, but they didn't even bother to vote on Bush's nominee to run the CIA.
  

• Speaking of voting, Kerry's voting average is well below the Mendoza Line.
  

• Kerry is taken to the woodshed over Tora Bora.
  

• And there's another Teresa Tantrum.
  

• What kind of "Chinese assault rifle" does Kerry own?

• Tonight, I'll be watching some football. If I ran a team I wouldn't want Kerry as my starting QB.
  

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[Thanks go to the John F. Kerry Media Relations Center for the Sen. Zoop's "voice." Cheap gimmick not endorsed by Glenn Reynolds.]