From an old political hand

He writes:

"I'm in Kansas City working for Claire -- helping with the message stuff.

"We're feelling a bit of a breeze at our back in Claire's direction but it looks to be awfully close. With Kerry and Bush, who the hell knows? (Nobody). If continued bad news for Bush beyond the control of either campaign continues through the weekend (like the Halliburton investigation, missing explosives, lower than anticipated GNP growth, etc.), it might give Kerry the boost he needs. Then we've gotta turn out all those people we've registered in the past six months."