May 24, 2004
MUST FLEE TV:
Mayor Tom to Kerry: Just do it!: Nomination flap heats up in Hub (David R. Guarino, May 23, 2004, Boston Herald)
A frustrated Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday urged Sen. John F. Kerry to make good on plans to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in the Hub, bluntly telling Kerry to ``just do it.''Menino, peeved that Kerry didn't clue him in on planning that could render the Boston convention irrelevant, said it's too late for ideas like Kerry's.
``My advice? Do what everybody else has done in the past,'' Menino told reporters.
``Just do it. Just get it done.''
The mayor led what could become a rising tide of opposition to the Kerry trial balloon suggesting the nomination be delayed to improve the campaign's finances.
Never mind losing MA, at this rate Mr. Kerry may not carry Boston. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 24, 2004 9:55 PM
At the very least if he's not even going to accep the nomination, there's no reason to shut down I-93 or North Station for a week in order to stage what amounts to a glorified pep rally.
Posted by: John at May 24, 2004 10:34 PMI'm in Boston so thing is really ticking me off.
Related note - what about the Kerry VP pick? Gotta wonder if Kerry playing these games negatively affects anyone who might be his VP (and how could McCain be his VP after this blatent move against Campaign finance?)
AWW:
That's an excellent point. Let's see McCain denounce this move...
Posted by: oj at May 24, 2004 11:45 PMI won't hold my breath waiting on McCain.
Posted by: jd watson at May 25, 2004 1:38 AMDoes waiting to accept the nomination significantly help Kerry ?
Sure, he's got more money to play with, for a longer time, but he may need it to overcome the bad perceptions such a move would create.
Swing voters are the Grail, and how will it look if Kerry comes out of his own convention without locking up the nomination ?
Not to mention, the GOP will run about $ 100 million dollars worth of ads claiming that Kerry's too wishy-washy even to accept his own party's nomination for President, AND, if he delays accepting the nomination and doesn't resign from the Senate, hoo-boy...
I could write the "not committed, unable to make up his mind, leadership failure" ads...
If Kerry believes that he'll still have to motivate his base after the convention, then he's probably through anyway.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at May 25, 2004 5:55 AMSo what happens if he gets hit by a truck after the convention but before accepting the nomination?
Posted by: mike earl at May 25, 2004 9:45 AMFrank Lautenberg gets the nomination...
Posted by: oj at May 25, 2004 9:59 AMOr Walter Mondale (hey, a do-over!).
Posted by: jim hamlen at May 25, 2004 10:36 AMOJ, I'm afraid boston would vote for Pol Pot if someone put his name on the ballot.
Posted by: Genecis at May 25, 2004 12:03 PM