US Presidential Race – “Rope A Dope” Strategy

Just after the first Presidential Debate I was expounding on my view that in terms of boxing analogies Kerry seems to have adopted the “rope a dope” strategy so successfully employed by the great Muhammed Ali. Bush and his surrogates punched themselves out with pre-debate attacks on Kerry. Kerry responded by delivering jarring blows resulting in “mexed-mixed-mexed” messages being sent to Bush's brain and in his inability to deliver a coherent message.

I don't know whether you have noticed but both candidates are really getting into the boxing trash talk. Kerry responded yesterday with "Is that all you got?" to Bush's "You can run but you can't hide" taunts.

This is a good reflection of the "rope a dope" analogy, and Rocky talking to Apollo Creed in Rocky 2.

It seems that life is imitating art!