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[sdmoel]

Oh please no. Also a big fat no to Hillary!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041109/pl_afp/us_politics_kerry


Kerry hints White House run in his future: reports

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Defeated Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) has dropped hints he may run for president in 2008, as glum party officials debated the way forward after last week's Republican sweep of elections for the White House and US Congress.

"Sometimes God tests you," an aide to the Massachusetts senator quoted Kerry as telling friends and supporters, the Washington Post reported. "I'm a fighter and I've come back before."

Kerry's younger brother Cameron told the Boston Globe newspaper the senator was "profoundly disappointed" about narrowly losing last week's election to President George W. Bush (news - web sites), and deems another attempt fully possible.

"That's conceivable," the paper quoted the brother as saying. "I don't know why that (last week's loss) should necessarily be it.

"I think it's too early to assess. But I think that he is going to continue to fight on for the values, ideals and issues this campaign is about," Cameron Kerry added.

Kerry's role in the party became the subject of intense speculation, as Democrats try to chart their future following last week's demoralizing losses at the polls.

A Kerry aide told AFP that the nearly two-year-long presidential campaign made the Massachusetts senator the de facto leader of Democrats, and he would play an active role in opposing the Republican-led Congress and White House.

"He is not he is not going to go away quietly," said Josh Gottheimer, a speech writer for the campaign.

"He plans to continue to carry the mantle" for Democrats into the future, said Gottheimer. "He will be at the forefront of the party in the months and years ahead."

The debate about Kerry's future comes as Democrats planned meetings around the US capital Tuesday to deliberate about the future of the party.

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives were holding a day long strategy meeting, while top officials with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, a network of top, elected Democrats, planned a open forum to discuss the way forward.

Kerry seemed to make the case for continuing his role as de facto party chieftain, issuing a statement last week touting the inroads made by his campaign.

"Kerry's popular vote total in aggregate numbers not only exceeds (2000 Democratic presidential candidate) Al Gore (news - web sites)'s popular vote victory in the last election, but also (ex-President) Bill Clinton (news - web sites)'s in the 90's" the statement said,

"John Kerry has built a solid foundation for the Democratic party to build on -- in voters, in resources and in substance. The party would be well advised to build on the foundation and not turn our back on it."

According to press reports, Kerry has mostly remained at his Boston, Massachusetts home since his defeat. The Globe reported that he was spotted in Washington on Monday, but kept a low profile. According to news reports, Kerry is considering creating a political action committee and think tank to keep his policy initiatives, and himself, in the spotlight.

"He's in a position of national leadership," Cameron Kerry told the Boston Globe.

"He's going to exercise that role and be a voice for the 55 million people who voted for him. The position he's in gives him a bully pulpit."

Some Democrats however seemed less inclined to consider Kerry the head of their party, or at the top of the 2008 presidential ticket.

Louisiana's US Senator John Breaux told US television this week that top Democratic White House contenders appear to be party luminaries like Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh.

"Either one of those who can articulate a moderate, mainstream message can be successful," he said.

Breaux, who is retiring from the US Senate this year, said the party would be well advised to try to duplicate the charisma and centrist message of former President Clinton (news - web sites).

"When he won, he was able to keep the party base, which is a tradition of minorities and labor, but he was also able to expand it into moderate, mainstream individuals," Breaux told CNN television Monday, hinting that Kerry lacked the pizzazz to appeal to a broad-based public.

"You have to have the right message, but you also have to be able to deliver it," he said.

[GM Strong]

Kerry is deluded, still can't get over the rush. Algore had visions, he flopped. Kerry was never popular, he had no enthusiastic support. Hillary? Personally I think no. A lot to deal with between now and then. Hillary cannot win. She is a Liberal bigh time with a poor resume. Might as well nominate Dukakis again.
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[Anker-Klanker]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about Hillary's past? Seems like she's the type that might have been one of those anti-war activists in the early 70s.

[GM Strong]

[Inatizzy]

I think it's great the Kerry still thinks he's a viable candidate. It shows how out of touch with reality he is. And a Hillary run would energize the Republican base so much it would make this election look tame.

The Dems STILL don't get it. The fact that they even allow Kerry and Hillary to put themselves forward as possible 08 runners shows they still don't know why American hates them.

They are so out of touch with mom and pop America that it's pathetic.......AIN'T IT GREAT! Hopefully it spells the end of the Dem party and the death rattle of radical liberalism as a force.

[rb325th]

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