Phillp Gailey <br>
St Petersberg Times, April 16, 2006 <br> <br>

I agree with the Mr. Gailey’s basic premise that Vice President Gore and Senator Kerry failed because they needed to evince leadership and character. And maybe political advisor and strategist Robert Shrum (0-8) just doesn’t have a clue, but more to the point Gore and Kerry failed because their leadership was clouded by their respective character of stolid insincerity and obfuscated indecision. Were it not for Moveon.org, the only things people understood either to stand for were their own imputed needs. I also believe elections should be about espousing lofty goals and ideals a la John F. Kennedy, but they must also, by necessity, be about what appeals to the middle of the road majority. Our political process has been hijacked by liberal idealism (especially in New Hampshire and Iowa) that permeates and colors the primary process to the detriment of open political discourse for far too long before any ballots are cast. And good candidates fail or withdraw based upon a segment of America that is clearly not mainstream in their views.

 

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