Reply #35: I've read several articles advocating such an approach

[IrateCitizen]

I believe one of the more recent ones was by John Nichols in The Nation.

So long as Dean's organization, labor unions, 9/11 families, firemen, MoveOn.org, etc. are all criticizing the Bush administration in no uncertain terms, there isn't a real need for Kerry to do it. In fact, it frees him up to continue much more of the personal, "town hall" style campaign that he has been concentrating on recently, and to concentrate on a positive message based on what he would DO rather than what he OPPOSES.

Hell, even if Nader is in the race and sticks to his word to attack Bush from a perspective that the Democrats cannot, it can only really help in this regard.