MICKEY KAUS:

Spirit-crushing foolishness from my candidate, John Kerry. The nation is trying to figure out how to fight global terrorism and he’s talking about having “not just a Department of Health and Human Services, but a Department of Wellness.” How about a Department of F***ing Perspective? If Bush is smart he’ll be ridiculing Kerry about this for the rest of the month. …Thanks, Iowa!

That last is a recurring theme. Perhaps the Democrats ought to rethink their nominating process.

UPDATE: Related thoughts here: “Americans with grave concerns about Iraq actually deserve a better advocate than Kerry, who wants to reduce those concerns to a false monetary calculation. This is a serious country, and Iraq is a serious business.”