NY Times: 13 April 2004 April 13, 2004 Timing of Clinton Memoir Is Everything, for Kerry

Update:

Kerry Campaign “Concerned” about May Release of Shrek 2

Los Angeles—Insiders have expressed concern over the May release of Shrek 2, indicating that it may be the first in a string of summer blockbusters, all positioned to overshadow John Kerry’s campaign for the Presidency. Several campaign sources expect that Kerry’s early May position on Iraq will be lost to middle class voters, all of whom will trade the lovable, tube-eared Pixar character for Harry Potter in early June and then Spiderman 2, which opens the day after the Democratic convention ends in Boston. Presently, say campaign insiders, Kerry’s campaign has been overshadowed by Kerry alone, including Kerry’s skiing stumble, Kerry’s shoulder surgery and the ecumenical questions regarding Kerry’s ability to receive the Eucharist during Easter services. ‘The summer movie series really represents the first external force that will draw voters away from John Kerry… prior to this it was really a matter of repulsion.”

On a positive note, the Kerry campaign assumes that it will keep the Boston media market. “Nobody in Boston will be able to travel in the convention-induced gridlock and we expect little or no theater attendance during the month of June.”

- posted by JB @ 12:55 PM