Do-Over

A lot of people have expressed this basic idea one way or another, but Joe Lockhart hits the nail on the head:

"It's almost like the president, with his boyish charm, is looking for a political do-over" — as if he has not been president the last four years, Lockhart told reporters.

Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, said that while Bush "is focused on his positive vision for the future … John Kerry … is consumed with the past."

Yeah, yeah, the last 4 years were a disaster, but, you know, can I get another try?