It turns out John Kerry doesn't like nuance so much after all. His speech last week in Phoenix, Ariz., before the Democratic Leadership Council used the word strength--or strong or stronger or strongest--three dozen times, marking the presumptive presidential nominee's most obvious pitch yet to prove he's not your dad's Democrat. But it's not the only noticeable change in his rhetoric since he swept up left-leaning voters in the primaries. Kerry has dropped references to "Benedict Arnold CEOs" who outsource U.S. jobs, preferring instead to talk about his proposed tax cuts for corporations. To prove he's a fiscal disciplinarian, Kerry scaled...
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