JACOB T. LEVY:

The “Dated Dean, Married Kerry” buttons don’t fully communicate the dynamic, not without some tweaking. After dating a fiery, passionate guy who now seems a little nuts, these voters are lovelessly marrying the nearest single guy who seems basically grown-up and stable– someone who is boringly familiar but at least a known quantity. Maybe that will be enough to carry Kerry to the nomination. But ultimately I think it’s the path to Bob Dole’s electoral fate.

Does Kerry talk about himself in the third person?

UPDATE: Powerline offers more problems for Kerry.

ANOTHER UPDATE: So which one of these guys is Kerry? Though in a way, they’re all “boringly familiar.”