If the Democrats have to run away from Kerry, all the better.
I'd prefer the situation where they would WANT to very much dissacociate themselves from Kerry, but where we tie them to Kerry with every ad in all media, every stump speech, and every interview.
This is the tried and true method. I mean for decades if not longer. I've seen it work many times. It's chapter one stuff.
I don't get the wisdom of allowing these guys to escape. But, it seems to be the way we do it these days. This is the Falluja strategy as applied to domestic politics.