Everybody who might dislike GW enough to vote for any opponent has already decided to do so. The DNC needs to quit beating off on this. The challenge is to make Kerry seem attractive enough so that middle-grounders who are looking for an acceptable alternative to GW will think Kerry is acceptable. This is not a high bar but it does need to be reached.

The question in this election comes down to "Is the devil you know worse than the one you don't?" Everybody knows about GW's blunders; Nobody knows how bad Kerry might be. The more of Moore we see the worse the possibilities seem under Kerry.

Were I DNC I would firmly bury Moore, Clinton and their ilk. The voters still available to convince lean conservative: tell those voters what they want to hear. Moore's stormtroopers will vote Kerry no matter what you do to Moore but too much Moore fawning will turn away the swing vote.

The Republicans, on the other hand, need Moore to get as much coverage as possible. Sure some people buy FH911, but those votes aren't up for grab. The voters that are at stake don't like Moore or Clinton, and sure don't like being told how to vote by some Hollywood idiot (and these voters do realize Hollywood is entirely self-obsessed idiots).

I am still amazed this isn't a slam-dunk election for the democrats. How can this election even be a contest? GW is the weakest candidate I can remember. Tradition made it hard for Republicans to dump GW but the democrats were free to find the best they had, and Kerry is it? They couldn't talk Sam Nunn out of retirement? Even if Kerry wins the democrats need to think deeply about how they managed to make this a contest.