Bush, Kerry media advisers speak at UA (Kerry lost election in Aug.) [View All]

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Both (Devine & McKinnon) agree GOP won Ohio vote due to Dems' missteps in campaign

Although the votes were counted in November, Sen. John Kerry probably lost the election in August.

``August was a black hole for us,'' said Tad Devine, who served as the Kerry campaign's chief media adviser.

He said for five weeks immediately following the Democratic convention, the Kerry camp made a calculated decision not to air any commercials, in part to conserve money for a major ad push in the last two months leading up to the general election.

``It was a mistake,'' Devine said on Friday.

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McKinnon said the aim of the Bush campaign strategy was to portray Kerry as a flip-flopper by attacking his 20-year career in the Senate.

``That's why you don't see many senators elected as president because they have long political records,'' McKinnon noted.

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