Reply #26: Agree to disagree [View All]

I no of no one who even considered Hackett for President and the threshold is lower for House of Representatives.

There also is a difference in strong focused opposition that calling a President who over half the population were polled as liking an "SOB". Most of us here see Bush as a murderer - but that is definately not Mainstream.

It works even less well when you already are deemed not likable. Since the election Kerry has been nore direct, but not rude which would have been more effective last year. I think the unlikability was signalled by the press - they did nothing to introduce Kerry and help people understand his background and in some cases they signalled that they really disliked him. That is still the thing I worry the most about if he runs again - Can he these people over?