It's everyone for Kerry
I've been having a few (short) discussions with a fellow blogger on whether there is any precedent for Michael Howard's being banned from the White House and banned from meeting the President. I had said on this blog that this must be the worst relationship between a party leader and President since Suez, my correspondent has suggested that Wilson and Heath's respective relations might give some competition.In any case it's clear that Howard (along with much of the Tory front bench) must now be willing a Kerry victory in November. Today we discover (from a very good source) that Tony Blair is also rooting for Kerry.
Thus unless Charles Kennedy is going to surprise us it appears all three party leaders are supporting one candidate. I wonder if this is unprecedented in modern times? The norm in recent years is for the parties to split Labour to Democrats, Tories to Republicans, and unless the Conservatives supported Clinton in 1996 I suspect this has held for many years.
posted by Matthew @ 9/02/2004 12:02:00 PM
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