My take – from my latest Sunday Times column.
WHY KERRY’S LOSING II: More off-message, paranoid ramblings from Teresa Heinz-Kerry. She really is an embarrassment: a stereotype of the arrogant, mega-rich liberal, who has long forgotten that the only reason anyone is interested in what she has to say is her inherited money. My own theory is that she also has something to do with the new gender gap, where women are no longer as Democratic as they once were. Women look at Kerry’s marriage and do not relate. They see a man who has married mega-wealthy heiresses twice, and they then look at the Bush marriage and see something simple and calming and traditional. I’m not saying that Kerry’s marriage is any less admirable than Bush’s; or that this kind of criticism is in any way fair. It isn’t. I’m just saying that many people, especially in the heartland, are uncomfortable with it. I’m therefore simply amazed that the Kerry team are still allowing THK to mouthe off at events. Maybe she has too much leverage to be silenced. But someone needs to silence her, if Kerry is to have a chance. And soon.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Let’s say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn’t because the violence was too great. Well, so be it. Nothing’s perfect in life, so you have an election that’s not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet,” – Donald “Get a life” Rumsfeld, yesterday. Hey, why not a civil war, while we’re at it? Nothing’s perfect.
The Dish 