Since Kerry's got the ball, he's currently the target of Republican focus. This is all well and good, but Colonel M.T. Owens, USMC (ret.) has penned a column for National Review Online that lobs a salvo at the Kerry politico-military record.

Let me be clear: I do not question Lieutenant Kerry's heroism and I have considerable regard for the man's bravery. Kerry the soldier seems to be a respectable man who made pickup on some of his fellow soldiers in a bad situation. His service was honorable.

What I do however have a problem with is the content of his political activities---but not the fact that he did them---once he returned to the United States from Southeast Asia.

He may well pull New Hampshire off. I am uncertain as to the realities of the State, due to my geographic location and information isolation. I don't trust the media coverage to give me an accurate picture of what's going on (as opposed to say, what they want to go on) and in a place like New Hampshire where it is conceivable that the primitariat would in large part actually meet the candidates and form impressions without the "guidance" of ABC, CBS, CNN, FNC, MSNBC, or NBC, that's a problem.

My prediction? Probably Kerry first. Dean and Edwards will be behind, but close to each other. Clark may be thrown in there somewhere closely in fourth, and Senator Lieberman won't do much.

For what it's worth: A friend of mine here at school is a rabid New York Democrat. In fact, he's fond of Neil Kinnock, the former leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. He also hates Howard Dean, and desires a Kerry-Edwards ticket to have a strong Northeastern liberal and a Southern man to try and carry them to victory. I don't like the sound of that.

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