Out of the nice reaction on Twitter from JK's speech, great article about '04: [View all]

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http://prospect.org/article/defense-kerry-2004

In Defense of Kerry 2004

JAMELLE BOUIE SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The Massachusetts senator outperformed the fundamentals.

CHARLOTTE—John Kerry just gave a strong speech at the Democratic National Convention, inspiring a lot of commentators to wonder where this Kerry was when he challenged George W. Bush in 2004. As it stands, he’s become a punch line for poor presidential efforts. But, to defend the Senator from Massachusetts, Kerry actually out-performed the fundamentals in 2004. According to political scientist James Campbell, Bush was favored to win that year, based off of economic indicators and his overall approval rating.

Go to the link for the rest of the article. This is what we have been saying for 8 years! Bush should have handily won in '04 based on all kinds of indicators.

Overall, REALLY good reaction to the speech. Just thought this article should be its own post.

Edit: Actually, I really like this TAP writer Jamelle Bouie. He's being retweeted a lot, so I'm now going to follow him. Here he is on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jbouie