Will Kerry run in '08?
By Nathan Nance
Guest post by Nate Nance
Newsweek has a special interview with Sen. John Kerry online that I found very fun to read. Among other things, Kerry felt that he didn't "connect" with voters, but that he did run a good campaign nonetheless. He also felt that he wasn't well-served by Bob Shrum. Go figure.
Whatever you think of the failures of Kerry's campaign, George W. Bush's re-election was caused more by the failure of both campaigns to educate voters about their positions. An uninformed electorate will make the wrong choice every time.
KErry says he plans to learn from his mistakes which could be interpreted to mean he plans to run again in 2008. He'll have a national platform from which to announce, he'll remain a senator until his seat is up in '08, and he still has people in place for another go around. And about $15 million in the bank leftover from the '04 campaign.
With no popular incumbent to run against, he could very well win it. The question is, will Democrats vote for him again? We seem to have a one strike and your out policy for our nominees, so the liklihood of Kerry getting the nomination again is slim. I think it's worth asking why we always seem to want to start over from scratch with our candidates, but the consultants keep getting recycled. Don't we want some kind of name recognition and brand loyalty?
Like I said, his chance of regaining the nomination is slim. As evidence, I offer how fast some Democrats were quick to criticize him after we lost in November. Or how Kerry staffers quickly became the best source of gossip about Mrs. Keinz-Kerry and her role in the campaign. If we didn't like the guy, why did we nominate him?
We've got four years to really think about how we nominate our party's standard bearer and how we campaign for the presidency. Kerry says he will learn from his mistakes, I think we should learn from them, too.
This is a guest post from Nathan Nance. He can be reached at nate_nance@yahoo.com.
Posted by Nathan Nance at January 3, 2005 07:48 AM
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We long for him to run again, really we do. We really want him to win the nomination too. He would be such a great target. Most ever votes by a Democrat for President, and he comes in second to W. 59 million to 62 million.
Signed up for the Navy for a six year hitch. Got enough Purples to get early release to the active Naval Reserve for the remaining two years, when he did most of his antiwar protest. Spent from 72 to 78 in the inactive Navy Reserve. For some reason the Carter Administration felt compelled to discharge him in 78. Honorably Discharged from the Navy in 70 and Less Than Honorable Discharge from the Naval Reserve in 78.
We long for his candidacy. Get him to sign the form 180 like other Honorable Discharges do. ALGORE signed his, so did W. Isn't he an equal to ALGORE? I know he isn't to W.
And lets remember, Jeb can win every state W. just won and probably more. Remember John Edwards statements last year that he was NOT interested in being VP? Don't attach too much importance to Jeb's statements last year. He's draftable.
