Boston Globe: Kerry may run again

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/10/09/kerrys_barnstorming_sparks_talk_of_a_run/

[Keystone Phil]

And we haven't known this since November 3rd, 2004? It's not that he "may"; he already is running.

[Reaganfan]

And we haven't known this since November 3rd, 2004? It's not that he "may"; he already is running.

I hope he gets the nomination!!!

[Joe Republic]

The more interesting part about this is that it would most likely leave his Senate seat open in 2008.

[WalterMitty]

The more interesting part about this is that it would most likely leave his Senate seat open in 2008.

yes.  that is what would happen.  i think he will retire from the senate and amke an 'all or nothing' attempt at the presidency.

ed markey or marty meehan will most likely be the democrat nominee for that seat.  andy card may run for the republicans.

[adam]

He will never get the Democratic nomination again. Kerry is the only candidate on Earth that couldn't beat Bush, the Dems remember that kind of thing. Plus, it will be much more crowded field. If Kerry runs he'll be dealing with the likes of Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, and other tough primary opponents...he wont have the lucury of going up against Dean, Edwards, and Lieberman.

[© tweed]

The more interesting part about this is that it would most likely leave his Senate seat open in 2008.

The Massachusetts primary is late enough that he could form a presidential campaign and if/when that fails he still has time to run for re-election to the senate.  Unless he would no longer want to be a senator with his 25-year presidential dream completely dead, which is possible.

[WalterMitty]

The more interesting part about this is that it would most likely leave his Senate seat open in 2008.

The Massachusetts primary is late enough that he could form a presidential campaign and if/when that fails he still has time to run for re-election to the senate.  Unless he would no longer want to be a senator with his 25-year presidential dream completely dead, which is possible.

there is talk of moving up the massachusetts primary.  september is much too late.

[Nym90]

He will never get the Democratic nomination again. Kerry is the only candidate on Earth that couldn't beat Bush, the Dems remember that kind of thing. Plus, it will be much more crowded field. If Kerry runs he'll be dealing with the likes of Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, and other tough primary opponents...he wont have the lucury of going up against Dean, Edwards, and Lieberman.

I wouldn't necessarily say that's true. Bush's percentage of the vote was pretty much equal to his approval rating. If Kerry had been so awful, he would've lost in a Goldwater/McGovern fashion. You make it sound like Bush had 30 percent approval ratings at the time of the election or some such.

I agree that a better Democratic candidate definitely could've won, but Kerry ended up doing as well as a Democrat would normally be expected to do given the national environment at the time.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Kerry is a good man, and would have been a great president... if only he weren't such a bad candidate.

He let the whole swiftboat thing get out of hand... he should have fought back HARD... he didn't. Amongst other problems of course.

[Eraserhead]

The question is in God's name why?

[Padfoot]

When will the Democrats learn that stuffy know-it-all Northeasterners do not get elected president?  The only three Democratic presidents elected since Kennedy in 1960 have been from the South.  If the Democrats want to win they need to look beyond their base for candidates.  Especially since the electoral influence of that base is rapidly shrinking as the balance of power shifts away from the Midwest and Northeast and into select parts of the South and the Mountain/South West.  If current trends hold, the "blue states" from 2004 will experience a net loss of 7 electoral votes after the 2010 Census.  Thats after those same states experienced a net loss of 8 electoral votes after the 2000 Census.  If the Democrats want to be relevant again they need to either reclaim the Solid South or look for new oppurtunities somewhere between the Mississippi River and the Eastern Border of California because only netting one state between the West Coast and the Muddy Mississippi just ain't gonna cut it.

[Democratic Hawk]

When will the Democrats learn that stuffy know-it-all Northeasterners do not get elected president?  The only three Democratic presidents elected since Kennedy in 1960 have been from the South.  If the Democrats want to win they need to look beyond their base for candidates.  Especially since the electoral influence of that base is rapidly shrinking as the balance of power shifts away from the Midwest and Northeast and into select parts of the South and the Mountain/South West.  If current trends hold, the "blue states" from 2004 will experience a net loss of 7 electoral votes after the 2010 Census.  Thats after those same states experienced a net loss of 8 electoral votes after the 2000 Census.  If the Democrats want to be relevant again they need to either reclaim the Solid South or look for new oppurtunities somewhere between the Mississippi River and the Eastern Border of California because only netting one state between the West Coast and the Muddy Mississippi just ain't gonna cut it.

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The Dems need to look at candidates beyond the northeast and west coast if they want to win again. People want to see candidates who talk to them, not candidates who talk down to them (or are perceived to be doing so). Voters respond to the candidate who looks and sounds like them.

The Democrats most definately need to look beyond the Northeast and the West Coast for their presidential nominee in 2008

Dave

[Padfoot]

The Dems need to look at candidates beyond the northeast and west coast if they want to win again. People want to see candidates who talk to them, not candidates who talk down to them (or are perceived to be doing so). Voters respond to the candidate who looks and sounds like them.

Exactly!  Thats why I'm cheering hard for Vilsack, Bayh, and Richardson.  If one of them ran as Obama's running mate that would also be a good matchup.

[TomC]

The question is in God's name why?