"Kerry will appear on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' tonight and 'Live with Regis and Kelly' tomorrow, and this weekend taped a segment of the daytime show 'Dr. Phil' that will air early next month. But the greatest opportunity to up the likability quotient will probably come in the debates, advisers said. Kerry plans to seclude himself with aides next weekend at his wife's home near Pittsburgh to prepare for the first debate, tentatively scheduled in Miami on Sept. 30.
'We have to reach a comfort level with the American people -- they have to view John with a certain level of respect, an appreciation of his own strength, values, and character, a feeling that they can trust this person for the next four years,' said the senior adviser in Kerry's inner circle. 'I don't know how you do all that. It's an evolving process. But we need to do it quickly.'"
Do the American people respect, much less relate to, candidates that seclude themselves at their "wife's home"?
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