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There He Goes Again

Kerry's "Benedict Arnold" line backfires

Get used to it: John Kerry crafts a "message" that hits George Bush where he lives, only to see its impact dampened by the inconvenient disclosure that Kerry lives there too.

You may recall that one of the staples of Kerry's stump talk has been an attack on corporate "Benedict Arnolds" who ship jobs overseas and deploy offshore tax dodges. But as Jim VandenHei writes in the Washington Post, Kerry's chief supporters include people guilty of those very sins.

Kerry's position as an anti-big business warrior isn't likely to get any better. The Democrats are presently at a dire disadvantage in raising funds from the usual corporate suspects, which is one reason they have finally stooped to soliciting "the people" again. Most wealthy donors are not Republican ideologues, however; Bush has been a fantastic boon to them, but they're in the business of playing percentages. The longer Kerry's poll numbers stay strong, the more big money will hedge in his direction, pressing him to make himself ever more indistinct from Bush. 

Glorious, I tell you, simply glorious.

Posted by Steve Perry at February 26, 2004 8:55 PM

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