Continued Democratic rivalry a help to Kerry - NYT News Service

[question everything]

WASHINGTON – At least once a week since Jan. 19, John Kerry has gone to bed to the sound of cheering crowds and television anchors declaring him the one thing politicians want above all else to be: the winner. But every winner needs a loser or two to give his victories meaning, and Kerry's splintered opposition has so far probably helped him more than it has hurt.

Conventional wisdom might hold that now is the time for Democrats to rally around Kerry, and thousands are. Yet so long as the Massachusetts senator faces even nominal intramural opposition, President Bush's advisers worry that they will have a harder time getting equal attention for their political message, and Kerry's rivals seem to keep undercutting each other, not him.

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n12dems.html

[lancdem]

1. Interesting

Maybe this is Dean's motive for staying in after Wisconsin?

[belle]

2. It's why I sent him money even after New Hampshire.

Keep 'em guessing if nothing else.