From Deseret News archives:
War and economy will decide election
It's a pair of Kennedy-style liberals against a brace of die-hard conservatives. Both pairs are maneuvering for the centrist vote that may assure them the presidency and vice presidency.
A folksy Bush and a somber Cheney versus a Lincolnesque, introspective Kerry and a bubbly Edwards. A couple of millionaire Republicans against a couple of millionaire Democrats.
For president, a jet-fighter jock and Ivy League guy (Yale and the Skull and Bones society) versus a Navy gunboat skipper and Ivy League guy (Yale and the Skull and Bones society).
Should either one, as president, be eliminated from office we might see as president John Edwards, a man of telegenic charm but as of now one with little experience of running a country or negotiating international thickets, or Dick Cheney, taciturn but solid, the kind of presidential aide you were glad to see in the White House when 9/11 terrorists struck.
Now begun in earnest, the campaign debate will revolve around Iraq abroad and the economy at home.
Meanwhile the economy may be losing its significance as a hot-button campaign issue for Kerry-Edwards. In the past several months that economy has created more new jobs than were lost in the 9/11 aftermath. New jobs growth is traditionally the last indication of the end of a slump and an upturn in economic growth. Economists I know say irrespective of who wins the presidency in November, either one will inherit a burgeoning U.S. economy.
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