If you were John Kerry's campaign manager what would you have done different?

[adam]

What would your message have been?
I'm going to finish the war on terror in a timely manner and I'm going to do it without eroding your civil liberties.

Who would you have pushed for as VP?
Gephardt, better midwest appeal. I would have liked to see Lieberman more, but realistically that could have been bad for the numbers.

What would have been your platform?
* Indifferent on social issues (pro-states rights kind of thing)
* Economic conservation
* Tough war stance that DIDN'T CHANGE EVERY 30 MINUTES

How would you have reacted to the Swift boat ad's?
Would have spun it into slander.

Would you have written off the entire South?
The only state in the south that Kerry would have had a chance at is Florida. I would have run a few ads there, maybe set up a barnstorm or two. But I would have avoided whining about 2000 like the plague.

Would you have spent less time in Ohio and more in the midwest?
No, other way around.