For Kerry...

...Bush or (if only) no Bush.

Your mission during the next week is to find that neighbor who isn't particularly happy with the way things are, but isn't planning to vote because ABB just isn't a good enough argument to compel him or her to the polls.

The fact is, as many of us have long known, John Kerry is an outstanding American leader with a fine record in the Senate and the courage and intelligence to become a great President.

David Corn lays out the pro-Kerry case...

...during his time in the Senate, he has been a consistent--yes, consistent--champion of environmental protection, abortion rights, campaign reform and a forward-looking foreign policy. He was a leader in the battle against Bush's tax cuts for the rich. He voted against the antigay Defense of Marriage Act. He has advocated boosting the minimum wage. During this campaign, he has proposed a massive effort to develop alternative energy sources and has touted a healthcare proposal that is not national health insurance (or a "government takeover," as Bush falsely claimed) but that would extend coverage to millions.

On occasions Kerry has displayed flashes of courage. In the late 1980s and early '90s, Kerry, a former prosecutor, spearheaded investigations in the Senate that targeted the CIA's relationship with suspected drug traffickers during the contra war in Nicaragua; the connection between Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the US government; and the crimes of BCCI, a corrupt global bank frequented by drug dealers, terrorists and intelligence services (including the CIA). During the CIA-contra-drug inquiry, fellow Democrats asked him why he bothered engaging in such a thankless task--especially when it rendered Kerry a target of White House retribution. And during the BCCI probe, Democratic colleagues in the Senate complained because the bank was linked to prominent Democrats. Yet Kerry did not relent. All this work required guts and resolution--rarely on display in the Senate--as did Kerry's combat activity in Vietnam and his subsequent antiwar activism. He has opposed the death penalty, a brave move for a politician with national aspirations.

I agree.

So do these folks...



Now go convince your neighbor.

Remember, each one reach one.