Kerry's Biggest Challenge?

Language may be Kerry's biggest challenge in this election. Bush is attacking very precisely, while Kerry is responding very imprecisely. Check out this NY Times article on the topic. Here is an excerpt:

"On Thursday, Mr. Kerry's campaign released advance excerpts of a speech the senator was to deliver at a National Guard conference in Las Vegas. The language, part of a new effort to focus Mr. Kerry's message, was a clear, sharp attack on Mr. Bush.

"'You deserve a president who will not play politics with national security, who will not ignore his own intelligence while living in a fantasy world of spin, and who will give the American people the truth about the challenge our brave men and women face on the front lines,' the text said.

"Mr. Kerry, who likes to globe-trot from his prepared remarks, said this: 'I believe you deserve a president who isn't going to gild that truth, or gild our national security with politics, who is not going to ignore his own intelligence, who isn't going to live in a different world of spin, who will give the American people the truth, not a fantasy world of spin, but a world where we challenge our brave men and women to be able to meet the test of our time.'"

Ouch.