A WHILE BACK, I speculated that John Kerry, if he wins, might be like Jimmy Carter — elected by a constituency motivated by dislike of the incumbent, but without any mandate or political base once in office. Reading Howard Kurtz today, on how nobody’s very excited about Kerry, makes me think I’m right.

Could America afford another Carter Presidency right now? I’m not as down on Carter as Steven Hayward is, but I think it would be a bad thing.

UPDATE: Call me crazy, but I don’t think this slogan does the trick.