Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) speaks at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition annual meeting June 29 in Chicago, Illinois. In a New York Times/CBS News poll published this week, 55 percent of Americans felt Kerry said what people wanted to hear.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)
Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) (D-MA) gestures during a speech at the annual Rainbow/PUSH convention in Chicago June 29, 2004. Kerry's speech focused on the promise of opportunity to every family in every city and town in America. REUTERS/Frank Polich US ELECTION