daswig

Unfortunately, I think what you describe is more common than not. Kerry says what he thinks people want to hear. Right or wrong (and there are a lot of both with Bush) , you generally know where Bush stands on things. With Kerry, you've got to dig much, much deeper, and even then you can't be sure what he said or did wasn't the result of some unknown pressure at the time. For example, during the primaries, his "I'm the anti-war candidate" statement, despite having voted for the IWR, was a direct result of Dean's strength in that area. As soon as Dean was knocked out, he reverted back to a hawk.