Southerners Military NASCAR dads...

Yes, this is the third entry to include NASCAR references here since the organization declared an end to major racing activities at Daytona.

ABC (the American one) urges Kerry ever onward:

The president's visit to Daytona this weekend raises inevitable discussions of the latest alleged swing voters, "NASCAR dads." We say: Throttle back.

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When we run data from our recent polls we find that married, middle- and lower-income white men account for a single-digit share of the national population, and support President Bush in precisely the same proportion as all white men. (Make it rural white men, and it goes down to low single digits.) And white men, particularly Southern white men, are a solidly Republican group, highly unlikely to swing anywhere, anyhow.

So take that, you inbred southern slack-jawed hilljacks.

And you certainly can't get more "fair and balanced" then ABC. Peter Jennings, you may recall, led the outraged media masses in attacking Wes Clark over spurious allegations made by his potential voter Michael Moore that President Bush was a deserter from his National Guard unit.

You all remember that outrageous claim, don't you?

JENNINGS: At one point Mr. Moore said in front of you that he'd like to see a debate between you and President Bush, who he called a deserter. Now that's a reckless charge not supported by the facts and I was curious to know why you didn't contradict him and whether or not you think it would have been a better example of ethical behavior to have done so?

So no one would ever accuse a television network of supporting any particular candidate, (wink wink) or assume that such an organization would be suggesting policy for a Party.

Back to topic: Unless the Kerry campaign presents some position on the many issues facing America today it will become increasingly apparent that the only group that the Democrats have any attention of appealing to this year are Bush Haters. Unlike ABC's imaginary version of NASCAR dads, however, that group really isn't going to "swing", so Mr. Kerry's efforts are likely in a zero growth industry. The desire is that that group will be at least enough of the actual voters to win an election.

Which is possible, if Republicans and other Bush voters are so convinced their man can't loose that they stay home on election day.

Is that the strategy?