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Originally posted by sgtclub
I'm not convinced of this. He no good at it. Everyone marvels that he did so well against Gore in 2000. He didn't, it just seemed that way because Gore was a complete freak.
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I heard an analysis on NPR that suggested that he lost a lot of ground in the 2000 election in the last month or so of the campaign, and he isn't really known as a very good closer. They didn't really go into whether or not the debates with Gore played a role. I can't imagine that Gore made up ground on the debates alone, though.
Kerry, on the other hand, apparently does very well on the home stretch. That is sort of supported in Kerry's performance in the primaries. He was so far behind in January that he nearly shut down the campaign, and then just swept in in February and March to take the lead. Obviously, Dean's deterioration was part of that, but to come back from so far behind was rather remarkable.
