[summer]

Re post #30 -- Here's the last two paragraphs of this 8-page article:

...Perhaps it was an insignificant moment. Or maybe it symbolized something important: a general sense among Democrats that no one is particularly interested in hearing from John Kerry anymore.

Either way, the circle of senators remained closed, and after a few more moments, John Kerry, the man who for a few hours on November 2, 2004, believed he was president of the United States, looked around awkwardly and tugged at his shirtsleeve. Then, finally, he did the thing that he hasn’t been able to bring himself to do on the larger stage. He put his head down and walked away.

[wouldntbprudent]

I definitely think they are trying to reach Kerry with articles such as this one. Not that they dislike him. It's just they don't want him to run again; they know he's a loser.