The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Deciding Voters: "Speaking to a couple of us at his birthday party the night before, the most trusted man in America made clear that his unequivocal embrace of Bush was not mere 'campaign oratory,' in Wendell Willkie's phrase. He was certain that his former rival had the gumption to see it through, and could not be certain that his Senate friend John Kerry had that necessary executive decisiveness."