Posted on 03/11/2006 12:06:20 PM PST by LdSentinal
WASHINGTON -- As Senator John F. Kerry prepared to make a return to presidential-style politics with a classic day of New Hampshire campaigning, he said that the 2004 run left him tougher and more eager to fight.
''When you get knocked on your ass and lose a race, you've got to stop and reflect on what you're doing, why you're doing it, what matters, and what's important. And I did," Kerry said in an interview in his Senate office on Thursday. ''There's a very different John Kerry now who is absolutely crystal clear about how I communicate what I need to communicate. . . . People are going to be looking for leadership."
Kerry's efforts to launch another presidential bid have prompted grumbling from some Democrats, who question whether a second Kerry candidacy would be good for the party -- or even realistic. Some party insiders expect that leading fund-raisers and strategists will push Kerry out before the race starts, in favor of a fresh face for a party desperate to retake power.
But in most respects, the Massachusetts Democrat has never stopped running for president. He has maintained an aggressive financial operation that, since the end of the last campaign, has raised nearly $4 million for Democrats in races across the country, and has sent $3 million of his own campaign funds to help other candidates.
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Great....does this mean I have to stop buying Heinz ketchup again??
LOL ... that is one of the most awful-looking things I've ever seen.
You've got that right. Out of touch with reality just about sums it up. What's he going to do when his military record issues come up? Isn't that paper he won't sign called a 180, to release his records to the public? I wonder if he bothered discussing this with her. If he runs, and she magically becomes Heinz-Kerry, I'll laugh. Talk about obvious :p~~
He wants it bad. It's his life dream. People will have their guard down.
I wouldn't rule anybody out at this point. Nobody expected him to elbow out Dean, but he did. Watched for an opening and ran with it. It was close. Most of his baggage is out there now, and his detractors from the last election will have lost traction.
The MSM will would throw all their weight behind him.
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