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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/16/195234.shtml

Kerry Returns to Life as Senator
NewsMax Wires
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004
WASHINGTON - Just one of 100 again, Sen. John Kerry remained far from the spotlight Tuesday on his first workday back in the Senate after losing his bid for the presidency.

No longer the Democratic candidate but rather just the junior senator from Massachusetts, Kerry granted interviews to hometown reporters and joined the depleted corps of Democrats as they elected the party's new Senate leaders.

His colleagues thanked him, congratulated him and wished him well.
"Every time his name was mentioned, there was enthusiastic applause. Literally, every time his name was mentioned," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
Democrats met in a closed-door session to choose their leadership team for next year in what is certain to be an uphill struggle for the party. Not only did Democrats lose their second straight presidential election on Nov. 2, but the Republicans increased their numbers in the Senate and the House.
In January, the GOP will control 55 Senate seats to 44 for the Democrats with one Democratic-leaning independent.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., a former vice presidential candidate who lost in 2000 and a one-time presidential aspirant who fell short in the 2004 primaries, spoke from experience in offering Kerry words of support.
"He has a lot to be proud of, and I hope he'll find what I did - that it was great to have the U.S. Senate to come back to," Lieberman said.
Senators predicted that Kerry would find an expanded role as he eased back into his old job.
'Some Experiences'
"Obviously, he brings some experience, and people are interested in what he has to say," said Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., pointing out that nearly half the country, if not quite enough to elect him president, voted for Kerry. President Bush received 60.5 million votes to Kerry's 57.1 million.
Kerry didn't make any remarks on the Senate's pending legislation nor did he deliver any speeches at the Democrats' meetings. He met privately with Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., the former Minority leader who, like Kerry, lost on Nov. 2. Kerry also thanked other Democrats one-by-one for their support.
The day belonged to another Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the party's newly elected leader. Questioned on a range of issues as he assumed the job, Reid predicted that Kerry will find a role, pointing to the four-term senator's past work on banking and foreign policy issues.
"Senator Kerry is not a shrinking violet," Reid said. "We are looking for John Kerry to find what he wants to do. We are sorry that he's not in the White House, but we're glad that he's back on Capitol Hill."
Not since George McGovern lost a bid for the presidency in 1972 has a senator returned to the Senate as a defeated presidential candidate, according to the Senate Historical Office.
But unlike McGovern, Kerry would have a substantial head start on fund raising if he decided to seek the presidency in 2008 - the same year he would be up for re-election to his Massachusetts Senate seat.
Kerry had roughly $45 million left in his record-breaking primary campaign fund as of mid-October and could use that as seed money for another presidential bid. In addition, he had about $7 million on hand in a legal and accounting compliance fund that he could use for legal expenses in a 2008 campaign.
Because Kerry accepted full public financing for the general election phase of this year's race, he will have to give any of that money that remains back to the government.
Before looking that far ahead, at least one senator wanted to ruminate on this year's election a little longer.
"I do not believe there's been some cataclysmic turn to the left or the right. ... How can a nation so fundamentally change in five years?" said Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee. "I'm not confident enough yet to be able to tell you what I think."
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He needs to ousted from the senate.....he is unfit to hold any political office.

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We musall not give Up thHE MUST be Removed from the Senate.
He is BAD for all of us. And BAD for AMERICA!