[alloysteel]

Mickey the Kaus has two perfectly legitimate fears. I suspect John Kerry as President would manage to make Jimmy Carter look extraordinarily competent. And John Kerry as defeated candidate would make the loud public proclamations and criticisms by the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001" seem like muted mutterings.

[Cuttnhorse]

The hints in Kerry's senatorial resume aren't encouraging. Legislating is an almost pathologically collaborative effort, and Kerry has been a conspicuous non-performer in the legislation department. Time magazine found exactly "three substantive bills passed with Kerry's name on them" Two of these "had to do with marine research and protecting fisheries." (The other was "designed to provide grants for women starting small businesses.") Kerry's record as a senator for two decades would be embarrassing were it not for his investigations into drug commerce and his initial digging into illegal aid for the Nicaraguan contras.

It doesn't get any more damning than this...Ketsup Boy must be wincing at this one.