This post from Sept. 6, 2004 really shows how things were EXACTLY.

[beachmom]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x757412

What I learned from the post in real time:

Bush got a "bounce" out of his convention, but Kerry said it wasn't a real bounce. Correct.

Carville undermined Kerry's message as much as he could that day. Check.

August was a bad month for Kerry. Acknowledged.

Kerry predicted he would have a much better September. He did.

And this comment is quite intelligent:

We've all known for many months we would have to "survive"

August due to the skewed Convention timing creating a Bush free-fire zone against Kerry. Now we have survived and are back on even footing with both campaigns required to operate under the $75 million cap from now until Nov 2. All I have ever asked for is a level playing field. Now we have it. The X factor will be "whither the media". Whoring for Bush and the status quo or whoring for change? Change is catnip to most newsies. Gore may have suffered a bit from that in 2000. Maybe Kerry can now benefit. We shall see. Still waiting for some indication that a reasonably sized segment of the media has started to turn against the Admin.

I am so tired of people remembering things wrong. That little post from Sept. captures what was happening in real time.

[karynnj]

1. Nice find

Carville's statement couldn't have been much worse. Kerry was running for President and Carville is building up Clinton - as Mr fix it.

[wisteria]

2. Carvelle was and is nothing more than a Clinton guy-. I believe he

did whatever he could whether directly or indirectly to undermine the Kerry campaign. He was never really for Kerry in 2004, he was for promoting the Clinton's in hope of 2008.