Posted on 01/02/2006 5:03:22 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Sen. John Kerry Keeps 2008 Options Open
By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press WriterMon Jan 2, 3:55 AM ET
It's almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president. He still jets across the country, raising millions of dollars and rallying Democrats. He still stalks the TV news show circuit, scolding President Bush at every turn.
His campaign Web site boasts of an online army of 3 million supporters.
The Massachusetts Democrat, defeated by Bush in 2004, insists it is far too early to talk about the 2008 race, but some analysts assume he has already positioning himself for another shot at the White House.
"Obviously, Kerry has all but said he wants another crack at the thing," said Neal Thigpen, a political science professor at South Carolina's Francis Marion University. "He's going to make a second try."
While most losing presidential nominees quickly fade into the political landscape, Kerry has worked hard at maintaining a high public profile.
"He's continuing the fight he began in 2004," said Kerry spokesman David Wade. "He wants to make it very clear he's a fighter who is going to continue to fight for his agenda."
Borrowing a page from Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s 2000 postelection playbook, Kerry has kept much of his presidential political organization intact. He has also used his fundraising prowess to aid Democrats across the country, collecting chits that could be called if he seeks the party's White House nomination.
"He believes in his heart and soul that he came just a whisker away from being president," said Ronald Kaufman, a veteran GOP operative with Massachusetts roots.
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Theresa's gonna have to change her name again.
"He wants to make it very clear he's a fighter who is going to continue to fight for his agenda."
What exactly is his agenda? I seem to remember he had a plan...
He just won't go away!
We'll just have to wait and see what Hillary has to say about that. By the time she gets thru with him, he'll be talking a few octaves higher and running for Dog Catcher of Boston.
John Kerry you are SO over.
Kerry's agenda: Cut and run.
Miga used to work for the Boston Herald.
Was that before or after he voted to agree to disagree to vote against himself?
I think JK would be a very good drain on the losing DNC financial resources
I say go for it Johnny Hienz
Whisker = Swift Boat Vets
No one will ever know the public service these men did for us by taking Hanoi John down, once again in the face of leftist and media traitors, but most can imagine it.
Any Swift Boat Vet (other than Kerry and his 'Band of Brothers' of course) never buys when drinking with me - forever.
Thank you Swift Vets, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, etc.
Hillary! is probably trying to enlist the Swift Boat Vets to run some ads.
When he realizes he's toast, that the entire country and press corps has been laughing at him all this time, he'll go into quite a depression. Rejected again. Oh, well, we can look forward to his growing a beard and gaining lots of weight, ala AlGore. He'd be better off, and the missus, too, devoting time and the Heinz money to charitable causes...not just money, though. Hands on. Maybe TerAYsa would like to tackle Haiti.
Yes, indeed! Thank you forever, brave Swift Boat Vets!
I think the word is "insane".
LURCH thinks he was robbed of the presidency. He thinks he has a right to the 2008 nomination. He will trash anyone who stands in his way.
The fight between Lurch and Hillary will be vicious. There will be no holds barred. It should expose the public to the dark side of the several factions that make up the Democratic party.
One thing I have noticed about the media. They are very biased when they report conflicts between Democrats and Republicans. Coverage is always slanted for the Democrats. But when Democrats fight Democrats the coverage is pretty fair. If they cover what the various sides of the Democratic party say about each other, it should really hurt them in the general election.
I suspect after the primray fight in 2008, most centrist voters will conclude that Democrats are not ready for prime time.
I look for the media to spin the conflict on the left as being good for the party... A party fight to determine where it is going will be presented as a good thing. However, there will be some badly bleeding bodies when it is over and the members of the party that lose the contest will be much too angry to vote for the winner.
Hear hear!
Question: How many times since 12/04 has he answered "Here" during Senate roll call?
How is this guy going to win when we control the voting machines.
His campaign Web site boasts of an online army of 3 million supporters.
What was his vote tally in the last election? I think he's down a few supporters.
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