The transcript of this interview with the Two Johns (on the campaign trail, not TMBG) is interesting, but not nearly as candid as I'd like. Alas, it is fairly platitudinous. There's a real aversion to criticizing the current administration, and to avoid doing this, they bob and weave and stay "on message" in a disciplined manner. This is playing it safe, but it can't be much fun on the campaign bus.

Nor is it much fun for me. So I look for the unscripted moments. For instance, it's (marginally) funny when Kerry gives a lengthy discourse on homeland security, qualifying his points with "First...second..third..." When he offers "third" a second time, Edwards jumps in: "Fourth. You already did third."

Alas, no one steps in to mitigate Kerry's surreal statement,"We're talking about what we're going to do as president," which gave me the image of a two-headed hydra in the White House, or maybe siamese twins, with telegenic teeth.

(via, of all places, Kausfiles. Someone stop me!)