NBCer: Dems Not Answering Kerry's Call

NewsMax.com ^ | 1/17/05 | Carl Limbacher

[kattracks]

While Sen. John Kerry has made it clear he's interested in running for president again in 2008, party insiders aren't very enthusiastic about the prospect.

"Kerry has been reaching out very aggressively and finding that many of the people that he automatically thought would be on board are not," NBC's Campbell Brown told "The Chris Matthews Show" on Sunday.

Meanwhile, his 2004 running mate, John Edwards, "is much farther along than even many Democrats realize in putting together his team for '08, planning and getting organized."

Among those not "automatically on board" is Kerry's wife, Teresa, who insiders say has vowed "Never again," as far as presidential politics is concerned.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing," a friend of Teresa's told the Boston Herald last week. "She's 66 now ... and you know as you get older, your priorities change. Teresa will never do it again."

[TheBigB]

Too early for anyone to "emerge" yet, IMHO.

My early pick is Sen. George Allen of Virginia.

[ClaireSolt]

It takes an ample quotient of hubris to run for President.

[AVNevis]

"And who is it going to be?"

Hopfully Mark Sandford, Bill Owens, George Allen or Newt Gingrich.

[Howlin]

He is too dumb to realize that after losing in November his stock within the Democratic Party would drop like a stone.

Proof of this is that he has been unable to get "his candidate," whoever that might be, placed as the head of the DNC.

I've been trying to remember the last time a losing candidate didn't have their people in place at the national level.

[Wolfstar]

How anyone ever thought this guy was smart enough to be president is totally amazing.

It's because only Republicans are dumb. [/sarcasm]

[dead]

Hopfully Mark Sandford, Bill Owens, George Allen or Newt Gingrich.

The only person there with any national name recognition is Newt Gingrich, and he’s about as electable as a pepperoni pizza.

I hope one of the others finds a way soon to get out in front of the American people with a solid message and a groundswell of support. The idea that I might have to vote for the likes of Guiliani, McCain or Pataki is nothing short of horrific.

[Howlin]

Aside from an occassional propping up the Democratic side of a topic on the morning news shows, we won't hear of him again.

I think you are wrong.

Tomorrow will tell, IMO; if he shows up to grill Condi Rice, he's not going into hiding.

FWIW, I still believe we will shortly be hearing one of his classic "anti-war" speeches from the floor of the Senate; he's got one he's been making since he attacked Lyndon Johnson when he was a senior in college; he's been using the same text since then, so all he has to do is change the names to Bush and Iraq.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I'm not so sure Terry Mac was Algore's man.

[GreenHornet]

Kerry's planninmg to run again in 2008. So is Algore. So is Hillary. I'm sure Al Sharpton will be in the thick of things again. This should be fun! Heck, maybe Michael Dukakis will decide to give it another try! The Dems should consider hiring Vince McMahon to run their 2008 convention.

[Howlin]

He was "their" bag man; that side of the DNC, I mean.

I felt all along that the last election was a fight between the Kennedy (Kerry) faction and the Clinton faction, with John Edwards playing both sides against the middle.

So, now, both sides have lost -- there's a vacuum there as big as the black hole. I'm pulling for the Dean side to win now.

[bushfamfan]

Duncan Hunter for 2008.

[speed_addiction]

I think you are wrong. Tomorrow will tell, IMO; if he shows up to grill Condi Rice, he's not going into hiding. FWIW, I still believe we will shortly be hearing one of his classic "anti-war" speeches from the floor of the Senate; he's got one he's been making since he attacked Lyndon Johnson when he was a senior in college; he's been using the same text since then, so all he has to do is change the names to Bush and Iraq.

For the next few months he will be a bit more relevant, seeing as how he was the losing candidate and all. After that he will disappear and appear occassionally with a firey speech on the floor of the Senate. Look at how marginalized Al Gore is now.

[MeanWestTexan]

I'm sure Kerry is stewing. Don't they know who HE is?

[JoeBob]

This is one of sKerrys' better ideas: Push her in front of a bus.

[AVNevis]

"The only person there with any national name recognition is Newt Gingrich, and he’s about as electable as a pepperoni pizza."

So? How much name recognition did Bill Clinton have in 1989?

[sgtbono2002]

Nopbody who ever worked with Kerry likes the guy, The Swiftees couldnt stand him and the Senators didnt like him either. He has the personality of dog doo. He wont the nomination by default. It was either a crazy lunatic doctor named Dean or Edwards with no experience , Lieberman who wasnt radical enough a baby killer for the party. Sharpton and that nut Lady who got caught stealing campaign funds were there for the show, they were never in the running.

[marajade]

"I'm pulling for the Dean side to win now."

Does that mean Gore is redeemed since Gore endorsed Dean?

[Howlin]

You don't honestly believe "conventional wisdom" concerning how things usually happens in the real world applies to the situation the Democrats are in right now, do you?

[NorCalRepub]

maybe the Breck Girl and his Pepsodent smile is all he thinks he needs besides several million courtesy of his milking the tort system....He won't go anywhere.....he is a GIRLIE MAN

[Stultis]

The only person there with any national name recognition is Newt Gingrich, and he’s about as electable as a pepperoni pizza.

"Pepperoni is America's favorite topping, (36% of all pizza orders)." http://pizzaware.com/facts.htm