Al-Reuters says: Bush Camp Trying to Portray Kerry as Liberal. (Hat tip: scaramouche.)

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush goes to his third debate with Democrat John Kerry this week looking to accuse Kerry of shifting positions for political purposes and portray him as an out-of-the-mainstream Massachusetts liberal, top Bush aides said.

The liberal bashing strategy is one the Bush campaign used last spring to try to undermine a Kerry jump in the polls after he won the Democratic nomination for president.

I guess we’re now calling it “bashing” when someone is correctly identified by their political views; according to the National Journal’s congressional vote ratings, John Kerry was the #1 most liberal member of the Senate in 2003.

And John Edwards was #4.