Interesting
story breaking that came to my attention today claiming that Kerry now suspects that the election irregularities of 2004 were in fact the result of GOP fraud.
The real debate that will commence upon this report's publication is summed up by this extract:
Based on reporting for Fooled Again, Miller said Kerry told Edwards in a phone call that Shrum and other advisers insisted that a concession was the best course. "They say that if I don't pull out, they (Kerry's political opponents) are going to call us sore losers," Miller said, recounting the substance of Kerry's phone call to Edwards.
Miller said Edwards responded, "So what if they call us sore losers?" But Kerry pressed ahead with his decision to concede.
"Kerry's caving in like that gave an enormous gift to the right wing," Miller said. "They (the conservatives) could now claim, 'well, even their (the Democrats') candidate doesn't think it was stolen. And they (Kerry and his advisers) left ... the American people hanging out to dry there."
I think this is an excellent point and one that needs to be asked of Kerry should he decide to make a run at 2008; namely, why give the benefit of the doubt to Republicans who had already stolen the 2000 election instead of to his many, many supporters who were screaming that another election may have been stolen?
Update [2005-11-5 19:39:45 by DavidHW]: Sorry for posting this as "breaking" news. As brainwave points out, this was diaried here yesterday. I tried to be duly diligent in searching the archives before posting this, but I guess I failed. Apologies.