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Talking Point Number One

By wt

Just landed in the GOP's lap. It's Kerry redux.

Obama just got ranked the most liberal member of the Senate.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, now a supporter of Obama, held the same distinction in 2003, the year he spent campaigning for the Democratic nomination.

His high ranking was later used by Bush's re-election campaign to paint Kerry as an out-of-touch liberal.

"Ted Kennedy is the more conservative of the two senators from Massachusetts," Vice President Dick Cheney often said on the campaign trail, citing the study.

The Republican National Committee also ran an ad against Kerry called "risky" in which an announcer said, "John Kerry?The most liberal man in the Senate. The most liberal person to ever run for president."

Uh oh. How about "Dick Durban is the conservative senator from Illinois!"

I don't expect to see Hillary making any hay of this. She's probably wedded to the Obama-loves-Reagan narrative.

But don't be surprised if this is the first ad out once the nominees are clear.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).