An analysis piece headlined 'For Kerry, a Tough Geography Test,' by the Washington Post's Dan Balz, begins: "John F. Kerry faces a daunting challenge as he turns toward a prospective general election campaign against President Bush, a race that will test whether a liberal New Englander and member of the Washington elite can attract support in the more conservative swing states that cost Democrats the White House in 2000."
In the third paragraph Balz writes that "Bush advisers have signaled their determination to paint Kerry as a liberal Washington insider and run against him as someone out of touch with mainstream America."
Or, "the Bush campaign seeks to paint John Kerry exactly as I have done."
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