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NYT: Advisers Urge Kerry to Flex Power in Senate and Party (Print ed.: Kerry is Urged to Use Power)
New York Times ^ | November 6, 2004 | DAVID M. HALBFINGER

Posted on 11/06/2004 6:40:04 AM PST by OESY

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Cameron Kerry, the senator's brother, said that he's "not going to just walk away and lick his wounds."

Having succeeded beyond belief with the Democrats' selection of Kerry, Divine Intervention may once again play a role by offering up Hillary for sacrifice in 2008. The Clintons are gifts from heaven that keep on giving.

Donna Brazile as McAuliffe's replacement would be, pardon the mixed metaphor, icing on the Clinton cake -- though I recognize it's too early for dessert.

1 posted on 11/06/2004 6:40:06 AM PST by OESY
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like the vets say this isnt over ...... and wont be untill their all gone to jail or another country.


2 posted on 11/06/2004 6:41:42 AM PST by Gibtx (Pajamahadien call to arms.....)
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Kerry? Power? Bwa ha ha ha.. flop flop .. whew..


3 posted on 11/06/2004 6:42:53 AM PST by dalight
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As I say, he can't even show up for work on a regular basis, so how much power can he wield?


4 posted on 11/06/2004 6:43:14 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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How can he go wind surfing if he has to spend all that time in the senate? Working is beneath his dignity.


5 posted on 11/06/2004 6:43:57 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, AIr Force, Navy and would do it again for the ride.)
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Gov. Richardson would, IMHO, have the best shot at winning in 2008. Hispanic, southeastern state, Gov.


6 posted on 11/06/2004 6:44:43 AM PST by Mercat
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The power to put everyone asleep with his constant droning?


7 posted on 11/06/2004 6:45:46 AM PST by Brett66 (W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
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Not even a stake through the heart will stop these goblins.

Kerry will continue with his glorious vacations, enjoying TayRayZas 5 mansions and miss as many votes in the Senate as before. He will continue to accept his paycheck, and do NOTHING.


8 posted on 11/06/2004 6:47:07 AM PST by sarasotarepublican (Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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Gov. Richardson would, IMHO, have the best shot at winning in 2008. Hispanic, southeastern state, Gov.

Agreed. That occurred to me as well.

9 posted on 11/06/2004 6:47:56 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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>"I never thought in my lifetime I'd see a Democrat run on a platform of strong national defense," said Jenny Backus, a Democratic consultant.<

This from a member of the party who brought us FDR, not to mention Harry Truman.

How far they've fallen.


10 posted on 11/06/2004 6:48:07 AM PST by Darnright
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LOL.

There are few things more pathetic, and more powerless than a defeated Dammocrap presidential candidate. Just ask Al Gore, Mike Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter, George McGovern.


11 posted on 11/06/2004 6:49:16 AM PST by sitetest (Why does everyone get so uptight about toasted heretics??)
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Yes, whatever power he had was expelled on this election. With the new GOP majorities in both chambers, Kerry will now have about as much power as a Congressional page.


12 posted on 11/06/2004 6:50:19 AM PST by SALChamps03
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"But another major reason Mr. Kerry was unable to close the sale with middle-class voters, advisers said, was that the Bush-Cheney campaign succeeded - with Mr. Kerry's help - in making him seem somehow alien and too far removed from the lives of those voters to understand them."

"For Mr. Kerry, and the party, there is an old lesson here worth relearning, the strategist said: "There has been and continues to be a common tendency of Democrats trying to reach people through their brains and Republicans through their hearts. And in politics, hearts win the day."

Maybe. But, take a lack of vision, The non-Plan, and a complete disagreement with the politics of the left: redistribution, nannyism, and trying to foist every contradictory social attitude that irrational people believe onto a rational citizenry, my mind said, "Hell NO!"


13 posted on 11/06/2004 6:50:57 AM PST by OpusatFR (Let me repeat this: the web means never having to swill leftist garbage again. Got it?)
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Bring it on, I think there are a whole lot of people that aren't quite done with the Senator from Massachusetts. About the only thing he will have to say after the Swiftboat vets get finished is: "Do you want fries with that."
14 posted on 11/06/2004 6:51:02 AM PST by MKM1960
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"Kerry will continue with his glorious vacations, enjoying TayRayZas 5 mansions"

That is if TayRayZa does not dump his sorry ass, in which case he might really have to spend a few days at the office.


15 posted on 11/06/2004 6:52:08 AM PST by AlexW
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I suspect his ego will make it difficult for him to settle for a lesser prize. After all, what good will his Vietnam home movies and Purple Hearts do him in the Senate?


16 posted on 11/06/2004 6:53:50 AM PST by bigbob (2)
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"Kerry would be the person that could help him accomplish that (bipartisanship), but if not, there will be a hunger for someone to stand up to Bush."

Mike McCurry still doesn't get it. Instead of "we have to find a way to work with Bush...to take part in his agenda" it's all about "we have to make him do things our way or we'll make sure nothing gets done at all". That's a sure- fire way for the dems to lose more seats in '06. Preach on, Mike, preach on!


17 posted on 11/06/2004 6:54:15 AM PST by WestTexasWend
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The N.Y. Times is backing Bill Richardson for 2008 and just wants Kerry to cause some trouble for Hillary.


18 posted on 11/06/2004 6:54:53 AM PST by bayourod (Specter's litmus test : "No Christian Judges")
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That is if TayRayZa does not dump his sorry ass,

Not gonna happen. Misery loves company.

19 posted on 11/06/2004 6:54:57 AM PST by sarasotarepublican (Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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"What, like work? I don't think McAuliffe would like that and besides, it would cut into my polo and sailing time."


20 posted on 11/06/2004 6:55:26 AM PST by Tacis (Kerry _ You Can't Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Lazy, Lying, Elitist Scumbag!)
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