After watching John Kerry fairly closely for the past couple days, I have a question: Haven't any of his advisers told him that it's political suicide to run for president without a message? Because, as far as I can tell, he doesn't have one.

Oh, I see some carping about the current administration's foreign policy. And I see a whole boatload of bad economic statistics. But I don't see anything even resembling a modern campaign message. (Maybe I should issue my own Kerry challenge, the O'Toole File version of Where's Waldo -- Find John Kerry's Message.)

Three days ago, when I assumed that his campaign was ready for prime time, I thought this whole pre-announcement announcement gambit was a pretty good idea. Now ...
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