A sign of Kerry-Edwards overconfidence?

That's the only thing I can think of that explains this:

"Imagine the nationwide ridicule in the media if Dan Quayle had said such a thing about a Democrat president and Democrat voters: 'If you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind.'

"That's what the freshman senator, who wants to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, said during a campaign stop. ABC's Nightline aired the clip last night."

Never mind Dan Quayle, (though that's who Opie Edwards most resembles), imagine the anger, the outrage from the Left if ANY Republican said that about ANY Dem presidential candidate.

I recall something Bill Clinton said once - something about his opponents being "cancers" that he vowed to "cut out of American politics." The difference is, he said this in private, not at a public campaign appearance; and he said it after he'd won re-election.

It takes a great deal to be less politically disciplined than Wick-dipper Willie, but Lurch and Opie manage to do it on an almost daily basis, and now they're bothering to deny it even for appearances' sake less and less.

Almost as if they think they've got this election in the bag. Which I'm sure means something a lot different to them than it does to most of the rest of the country.

Still, isn't calling at least half the country "insane" a bad way to pick up swing-voters, particularly when you're still three or four points behind nationally? After all, if it's not close, they can't cheat.