Kerry's Campaign In State of Chaos

[Annie]

Seems a bit extreme, even to me!

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During the Republican Convention, we tried to get some of the Bush-hating anarchist "protesters" in the streets of New York to explain to us why we should vote for John Kerry. None of them had an answer. Well, here's one: To judge by the state of the Kerry campaign, the candidate himself is an anarchist. As CBS News, another organization in disarray, reports:

Longtime Democratic insider Tony Coelho lashed out at the John Kerry presidential campaign, characterizing it as a campaign in chaos. With yet another appointment of a former Clinton administration staffer to Kerry's team on Tuesday, Coelho argues the problem is worsening.

"There is nobody in charge and you have these two teams that are generally not talking to each other," says Coehlo, who ran Al Gore's campaign early in the 2000 presidential race. As Coelho and other detractors see it, there is a civil war within the Kerry campaign.

Here's a truly bizarre Coehlo comment: "Our problem here is a national message," Coelho says. "What is it that we [Democrats] are? If you go to Kerry, that's a disaster because the candidate should not be involved in solving disputes or the creation of his message." Yeah, what does the candidate have to do with the message?

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that Massachusetts' Sen. Ted Kennedy "is launching a seven-week election drive" on Kerry's behalf. As if Kerry needs help running his campaign off a bridge.