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This morning, most of the network news shows played Lynn and Dick Cheney's response to Kerry's remarks. However, they also replayed the debate video. I think that, when they are played side by side, voters will wonder what exactly Kerry said that got the Cheney's are so upset.

Cheney's daughter and the Vice President's unwaivering support of her is a major contradiction to Bush's stance on Gay Marriage and the Christian Rights opposition to any kind of Gay Rights. It is one thing for the Cheney's to say it was unfair to drag their daughter into the debate. It is another to say that focusing attention on their daughter's homosexuality is "a cheap and tawdry trick". I think the longer this little sideshow plays out the deeper the Lynn Cheney's foot will be thrust in her mouth. She chose her words poorly and will have to explain exactly what she meany by a "cheap & tawdry trick".

I think the Kerry campaign has, for the first time all election season, truly thrown the Bush team off balance. It will be interesting to see how it plays, although I think, in the end, it all hinges on Democratic voter turnout vs. Republican success in suppressing or destroying the Democratic vote.