[planetpatrol]

Give the Boston Globe its due, no matter their overarching biases they've dug up more dirt on Kerry over the years than any other paper. Theres a bit of a game between the Globe and the Boston Herald to see who can get the latest dirt on Kennedy and Kerry, the Globe usually wins. A lot of the groundwork for Kerry stories in the campaign came from old Globe articles.

As for Yale grades, it means nothing to me and clearly it hasnt hurt either man. I'd like to see more presidential canidates not connected to the ivy league old boy network. Since the 1940s the only non-ivy leaguers were Ike, LBJ, Carter and Reagan. Nixon is a toss up since Duke is essentially an ivy school.

Consider the likely 2008 canidates (thus far)

Ivy Leaguers - Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Bill Frist, John Kerry

Non Ivy - John Mccain, John Edwards, Condi Rice, Newt Gingrich, Evan Bayh and believe it or not Jeb Bush!

[RightWingAtheist]

Of all the people you mentioned, Condi and Newt are undoubtedly the most intelligent and informed-proof that Ivy League status means zilch when it comes to actual ability.

[Lou L]

since Duke is essentially an ivy school.

Say what? I've never heard Duke mentioned as an Ivy-league school....

[inquest]

Give the Boston Globe its due, no matter their overarching biases they've dug up more dirt on Kerry over the years than any other paper. Theres a bit of a game between the Globe and the Boston Herald to see who can get the latest dirt on Kennedy and Kerry, the Globe usually wins.

I think there's even more going on here than that. I think the MSM is trying to kill any chances he might have of going after Hillary in the Dem primaries. She's their choice.