Kerry platform covered by NYT?

Well, kind of. Kerry's energy independence plan, a centerpiece of his platform and one of the strongest arguements for his candidacy, finally got some mention in the New York Times.

That's the good news.

The, well, not quite as good news is that it's not really a story about a substantive issue at all, but another process piece about the $900,000 TV buy the Kerry campaign has made in Iowa and New Hampshire to get the plan in front of voters. Still, the NYT piece notes that in the ad, Kerry "looks fresh and direct," and they judge the ad content to be accurate.

In this case, I suppose, process coverage is better than no coverage at all.