US economic success and flip-flop policies will see John Kerry falter

NO doubt the George W Bush re-election campaign has already checked out John Kerry’s middle initial. The F, they’ll have discovered, stands for Franklin. It’s not a deed-poll trick by the Democrat challenger to make himself the next JFK.

They will be surprised at that. Because there is very little Kerry wouldn't do or say to make himself electable. Like playing the Irish card.

Last year, as Kerry's campaign for the US Presidency got under way in his home state of Massachusetts, the candidate appeared at a labour union celebration. Behind him was a green backdrop, festooned with shamrocks and bearing his name in large letters: Jack Kerry.