Top Ten

Kerry was on Letterman tonight, very forceful and firm, if not very funny. The Top Ten was pretty clever, though Kerry didn't count off the numbers themselves, so it kind of all ran together. To wit:

Kerry's "Top 10 Bush Tax Proposals" are:
10. No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents.
9. W-2 Form is now Dubya-2 Form.
8. Under the simplified tax code, your refund check goes directly to Halliburton.
7. The reduced earned income tax credit is so unfair, it just makes me want to tear out my lustrous, finely groomed hair.
6. Attorney General (John) Ashcroft gets to write off the entire U.S. Constitution.
5. Texas Rangers can take a business loss for trading Sammy Sosa.
4. Eliminate all income taxes; just ask Teresa (Heinz Kerry) to cover the whole damn thing.
3. Cheney can claim Bush as a dependent.
2. Hundred-dollar penalty if you pronounce it "nuclear" instead of "nucular."
1. George W. Bush gets a deduction for mortgaging our entire future.

The Colorado numbers are very good too:

Colorado
Bush 46%
Kerry 45%
Nader 3%

Kerry has clearly decided that he's going to make the war the issue, which is a roll of the dice to put it mildly. Looks like he is pulling out of the more conservative swing states anyway, hoping the antiwar stuff plays in suburban PA and OH.

Will Kerry use Dean at all in the closing weeks? Stay tuned.