Mr. Goldberg-
It’s been a while since I read an opinion piece as inconveniently timed as E. J. Dionne’s column in today’s Pos. Dionne says that recent developments have made the President afraid to talk about the war on terror, while Kerry is rushing to embrace such opportunities. It seems to me that when the President chose giving a press conference over delivering a televised address to the nation, he demonstrated he wasn’t afraid to publicly address the subject. I can, though, put that down to Dionne confusing his own reaction to the speech with the actual public’s reaction.
I wonder, though, if Dionne would like to rethink his premise given the numbers in today’s Post and Gallup polls? If he’s right, then when the President lets Kerry have the limelight to discuss national security, the reaction of voters is to trust Kerry less.