Reply #6: Probably not here at DU, but nationally this will be a rare case where [View All]

VP matters. Bush will be so unpopular in a few months that all people need from Kerry is comfort... some reassurance the nation won't slide into the ocean the day he's inaugurated.

Kerry has traits some people detest and if people *want* to vote against him that's enough reason. But the 2004 dynamic is that the entire center will want to vote for Kerry insofar as they will want a change and will be wishing the Dem was appealing enough to allow them to express their anti-incumbent dissatisfied feeling. Some borderline people will be able to hang their hat on a VP they like; particularly if there's any show of good feelings and dynamic cooperation between Kerry and his VP (like the popular Clinton/Gore team in '92)