Govern-ability is issue, not electability
Dayton Daily News Editorial
SEN. JOHN EDWARDS IS TAKING A PAGE FROM the playbook of Sen. John McCain. In the 2000 Republican presidential primaries, the McCain campaign argued that he would be a stronger candidate in the fall election than then-Gov. George W. Bush. <snip> The gambit didn't work. It probably backfired. The more clearly that George W. Bush emerged as the genuinely Republican choice, the better he seemed to do among Republicans, who, after all, predominate in Republican primaries.
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Best to move on to the question of who would be the best president. The Democratic debate Thursday strengthened Sen. Kerry's case on that score. He discussed foreign policy with more sophistication. <snip> On Haiti, Sen. Kerry offered an actual discussion of what American policy has been, unlike Sen. Edwards. He, thus, underlined that he is the one who actually knows about foreign policy. <snip>
Now the voters of Ohio and other big, diverse states get a chance to confirm or reject the decision of people in smaller states. It is an opportunity to be seized, potentially a crucial role in a chapter of American democracy.
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