Howard Fineman of Newsweek and MSNBC made an interesting point on Don Imus’s program this morning. Windsurfing may be a good metaphor for John Kerry’s campaign strategy. Mr. Kerry has been pretty effective at allowing events to propel his campaign along and there’s been little in the way of effective shaping of the campaign. Will events billow his sails into the presidency?
This echoes a point I’ve made from time to time. Do presidential campaigns tell us anything about the campaigns that wage them? I don’t actually have a handy answer for this question but I’d really like to hear other people’s answers to this question both pro and con.
