Finally, Kerry's been talking about the sudden lack of half our flu vaccine. That issue really came out of no where and has some potential, depending on how well Kerry can link it to other attack themes against Bush. I can see Kerry emphasizing poor planning, outsourcing, and privatization -- and maybe Bush not caring about ordinary folk -- but we'll see. I think the flu issue is a surprising one -- it never occurred to me that this would happen -- and it puts Bush in a poor light, but it would require message discipline, something at which Kerry's not always that good. |