Then why do they keep voting to keep him in the senate?
It's sure enough true, though. To Mass voters, Kerry seems to serve as a reliable liberal vote in the Senate, but is almost universally panned as a human being.
Massachusetts voters seem overwhelmed by an immense inertia. A recent Boston Globe poll tried to identify who the Bay Staters would vote to replace Kerry, should he win the Presidency.
The answer: former rep Joseph P. Kennedy II
Evidently, Massachusetts is a state with neither vision or imagination.
Well,
DUH!
8^)
Which is, of course, astonishing given that the American Revolution started with the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. What a difference 234 years make.