"Kerry Pressed to Step Up Attacks on Bush"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (AP) - Anxiously watching President Bush's convention, Democratic leaders are urging John Kerry to step up his attack on the Republican incumbent before eroding approval ratings become a serious political problem.

The candidate and his beleaguered staff are being flooded with advice, much of it contradictory. Some party officials want Kerry to criticize the president for sitting out the Vietnam War in the Texas Air National Guard. Others say that would draw unwanted attention to accusations about Kerry's combat experience.

Democrats have seen Bush erase the gains that their nominee made at his convention a month ago in Boston, pulling into a tie in national polls that also show Kerry's personal image deteriorating.

In the broad scheme of things, the GOP advances may be nothing more than a political adjustment - a nudge of the pendulum, rather than a big swing. But for some Democrats, the president's momentum came as a shock, in part because Kerry's team had bragged openly that Boston had set the stage for victory.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040901/D84QRR4G0.html

[Connie_Corleone]

1. He needs to attack Bush on the War on Terror and Iraq.

These are the main "perceived" weaknesses of Kerry. Undecideds think that Bush is stronger on defeating terrorism.

Kerry just needs to hammer away at Bush on both issues and not give a damn about the media saying he's bashing Bush. F*** Bush! Go after him!

It's take no prisoners time.

[Garage Queen]

2. Amen. And Amen.

Preach on, my sista!

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