Kerry Won't Run for President in '08

Boston Globe ^ | January 24, 2007 | Rick Klein

[kellynla]

WASHINGTON --Senator John F. Kerry plans to announce today that he will not run in the 2008 presidential race, and will instead remain in Congress and seek reelection to his Senate seat next year, according to senior Democratic officials.

Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, plans to say he will remain in the Senate to recommit himself to efforts to extricate the United States from the war in Iraq. His decision to stay out of the presidential race reflects a realization that he would have had an uphill climb in capturing the Democratic nomination, given the other party heavyweights who are already in the race, according to the officials, who spoke to the Globe on condition of anonymity.

[epluribus_2]

Guess all those arrogant lemmings who kept their smartypants little Kerry/Edwards stickers on their toyotas look a bit silly now...

[Dark Skies]

Good riddance!

[Mr. Mojo]

.....a realization that he would have had an uphill climb in capturing the Democratic nomination, given the other party heavyweights who are already in the race

Other party heavyweights? Only one -- Hillary. Edwards, no. Obama, no. What Kerry is saying is that he doesn't even have a chance against the party lightweights.

[InsensitiveConservative]

He shot himself in the foot -- again. LOL!

[Long Island Pete]

What a shame. Sure would have been fun to see him squirm his way out of his "botched joke' senario. Or is that the reason he isnt running?

[neodad]

Who?

[Doctor Raoul]

Sounds like Terry Lenzner will be getting a bonus check...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He knows John O'Neill is out there waiting for him.

[Grig]

Give it a week, he'll flip flop on it.

[csmusaret]

If a candidate falls in the forest....

[JoanneSD]

Did this same carri serve in viet nam?

[mkjessup]

[dfwgator]

He was for not running, before he was against not running.

[laterldf]

Sooooooo----J F-ing Kerry is NOT reporting for duty? Wonder if he'll be reported AWOL? Naw, who'll miss him...
laterldf

[Matchett-PI]

LOL bttt

[SerpentDove]

So long, Lurch.

[SMARTY]

OK, so it will be a 2 ring circus instead of a 3 ring circus.... Still a hoot! Just watch what those other clowns do now. I bet the 'party' made him an offer he could not refuse.

With Kerry AND Evita running for the nomination the Democratic voters would have reached the saturation level on their credibility and it would have been a credibility 'overload' situation. So, this will pave the way for Evita to appear more 'electable' than she actually possesses.

[alloysteel]

Now, just wait a couple months, or even just a few days, and John Forbes Kerry shall once again hear the call of destiny, and decide that he shuld get in the race, after all. Which would only build his legacy even more, that he comes down solidly on both sides of every question, even questions he brings himself about himself.

John Kery once served in Viet Nam, you know.

[DAC21]

I wonder if the clown is sick, some mentioned he looked like a cadaver on the tube last night.