What a strange, sad convention.

The Democrats are defensive, reactionary and utterly incapable of presenting coherent Kerry policy initiatives. It doesn’t help that John Kerry hasn’t provided any.

The convention’s program so far has been a study of error-reduction as opposed to a process that creates a building momentum for Kerry’s campaign during the next 98 days (thanks, GoofA!). The best they can do is whine that they’re also patriots? That they want to once again make America a ‘moral nation’? That John Kerry once served in Vietnam?

And announcing that the war in Iraq is a war for oil is Dem campaign plus? Michael Moore’s constant presence simply reinforces the perception that inchoate rage has replaced Clintonist pragmatism.

Evan Thomas of Newsweek stated recently that media support for Kerry is worth 15 points. I agree. Without the NYT, LA Times, and other media outlets, today George W. Bush would be polling 10 points higher than Kerry.