Kerry wakes up, realizes he's in a fight

Thankfully, it looks like Kerry has woken up to the fact that he was this close to being Dukakis-ized. The only way to defeat a Bush is to anticipate the slurs, which typically come in from shadowy surrogates, respond forcefully then COUNTER-PUNCH aggressively. Dukakis got sucker-punched in 1988 and never got back off the mat. Kerry got the same treatment over the last week with the SBVT ads. He's in much better position than Dukakis to recover, not only given current economic and wartime conditions, but given the precedent set by Bill Clinton in 1992.

And if heads need to roll in his campaign to unleash Kerry, let the heads roll! Bring back Carville and Begala! Or someone who can act like them.