KERRY GIVING UP WATCH

Fournier writes, via Hewitt:

Bowing to political realities, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has canceled plans to begin broadcasting television commercials in Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and the perennial battleground of Missouri.

Of course these are all states Bush won in 2000, but Kerry needs at least one red state to fall his way if he's going to oust Bush -- especially Missouri. Even if Iraq takes a significant turn for the worse in coming weeks -- probably Kerry's best hope -- will he be organized well enough to take advantage of Bush's weakness? I won't give an unequivocal "no," but it seems unlikely. Kerry hasn't been organized much since, say, February.