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Bay state voters had two big issues to deal with in 2004 -- gay marriage and Senator John Kerry. In a 7News/Suffolk University poll, we learned two things...both hot topics are *so* last year. 7's Political Editor Andy Hiller explains. 7News/Suffolk University Poll Remember all the protests surrounding the SJC's ruling making gay marriages legal in Massachusetts? Our poll says you won't see them again. Our exclusive 7News Suffolk University survey shows only 36% of state voters want to vote on the issue: 57% want to move on. Professor David Paleologosm, Suffolk University Pollster "It's clear from the answer to...

The 2004 election is months in the past, but Sen. John Kerry still seems to be on the campaign trail. As he tries to carve out a postelection life, the Massachusetts Democrat repeatedly has invoked his run against President Bush as his party's presidential nominee. Last week, he both took credit for Mr. Bush's recent embrace of increased death benefits for troops killed in combat and criticized the president for betraying the message of the election, which he said was bipartisanship. And on Wednesday, Mr. Kerry brought up the 2004 campaign during a Senate Finance Committee hearing as he attacked...

BOSTON— U.S. Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about November's presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement on election day. Kerry, Bush's Democratic challenger, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but went on to say that "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote." "Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while...