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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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To: krb
Absolutely. A Richardson/Clinton or Clinton/Richardson ticket in '08 would be unstoppable.

LOL thanks for the laugh. Richardson couldn't even deliver his own state to the Rats.

41 posted on 11/06/2004 8:02:31 AM PST by ServesURight (Tim Michels for U.S. Senate Wisconsin)
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To: OESY

One of the first things Republicans should do is expand the tax cuts (lower tax rates, not credits or deductions). Watch the Dems squirm and Kerry flipflop.


42 posted on 11/06/2004 8:05:57 AM PST by dr_who_2
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To: OESY
Senator John Kerry is being urged by top advisers and friends to take a high-profile role as the Democratic Party grapples with issues like selecting its next chairman and shaping its identity and course.

Mr.Kerry will first have to survive the traitor trial which should be starting soon, now that the election is over.

43 posted on 11/06/2004 8:16:18 AM PST by Jim_Curtis (Liberals lie at the premise, accept their premise and you can only lose the argument.)
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To: ServesURight; krb
I know some former government workers who are liberals and who have worked up close and personal with Richardson. They find him personally repellent.

He doesn't have a base, AFAIK. Being Hispanic isn't enough. 40% of Hispanics went for Bush & they are not a homogeneous bloc. In fact, if not for D crossovers, we would not have won.
44 posted on 11/06/2004 8:29:35 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: OESY

Kerry, whose ONLY experience as a "leader" was with the VVAW, will go back to the Senate in his capacity as chief chair duster - keeping the dust from collecting on his chair, but not much good for anything else.

His fellow Dems might expect him to "take the lead" are asking a wheel of limberger cheese to become a rose bush.

Ain't gonna happen.

Besides, we win more elections as long as the "team" of Clinton/McAuliffe are calling the shots.


45 posted on 11/06/2004 8:38:33 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: OESY
I'm one of the biggest worriers on FR. The way I see it Kerry lost not by 3M votes but by around 100K votes. If he'd gotten those 100K in Ohio he'd have won the presidency. Therefore all the Dems need to do in '08 is win (or steal or cheat) those 100K; if all else is equal, they will win.

If you look at it that way, Kerry was a good choice for the Dems; he got them that close. They may run him again with a bit of correction for 100K in Ohio. A regional running mate for instance.

46 posted on 11/06/2004 8:46:24 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: Impeach the Boy
It wouldn't surprise me if Kerry were to start undercutting the President, acting like the alternate-universe president, by going off on globetrotting missions and talking to world leaders as if he had some authority. A reprise of his Paris jaunts in the '70's.

He'll hold court like a president in exile. Plenty of people will go along with the charade, especially the lickspittle Europeans.

47 posted on 11/06/2004 8:54:17 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: Graymatter

I hope he does...it will further erode support for the democrat party.


48 posted on 11/06/2004 9:03:59 AM PST by Moby Grape
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To: OESY

Arnie siad it best: "Why should I listen to losers?"

He is still going to have to answer to the charges of aiding and abetting the enemy brought on by Winter Soldier and the Swifties. The media will not be able to keep passing on this now. I for one am looking forward to his answering these charges and am equally sure he will be raked over the coals by his party for losing. They are looking for any excuse to explain their loss. Kerry's past offers the single most viable explanation and gives the rest of them a pass on their own failings.


49 posted on 11/06/2004 9:18:46 AM PST by Allosaurs_r_us (Carnivores for conservatism)
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To: OESY
"All those people are looking for guidance," said David Thorne, Mr. Kerry's best friend, who also oversaw the campaign's Internet operation.

Well, if this week's vitriolic editorial comments are any indication, his constituency lost interest in his guidance before Wednesday afternoon's concession speech.

"Kerry would be the person that could help him accomplish that, but if not, there will be a hunger for someone to stand up to Bush."

If Kerry doesn't offer a conciliatory tone, it'll be one more nail in the Democrat coffin. The country is more united behind this president and his agenda (as evidenced by the congressional gains) than they have been in a generation. More of their same partisanship will only hurt their party and show them to be dividers, not uniters.

Plus which, how much of the heartland or the nation really wants to rally behind the junior senator from a liberal east coast state...in opposition to a popular sitting president? He never really scored well with democrats...he was just the most viable "anybody but Bush" on the ballot.

50 posted on 11/06/2004 9:38:20 AM PST by Fredgoblu
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To: McGavin999
Kerry will go back..to being the absentee senator from MA.

..and you forgot, a "prized Senate Fench Poodle" for ThereeEEEEEsa to walk around with. :)

51 posted on 11/06/2004 9:38:28 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: OESY

Snort. He'd have to show up first.


52 posted on 11/06/2004 9:40:20 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: OESY

this require Kerry to actually show up and want to work... and want to work hard... i highly doubt this will happen...


53 posted on 11/06/2004 9:40:57 AM PST by latina4dubya
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To: krb
Clinton/Richardson

please--Richardson's a crook... too much fodder... at the most, he'll use his "crookedness" to deliver NM...

but i do believe that the RNC needs to reach out to Latino voters NOW... we cannot wait until January 2008... and it has to be ongoing...

54 posted on 11/06/2004 9:45:31 AM PST by latina4dubya
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To: latina4dubya

Plus, Richardson will get crushed due to his association with the N Korea Oil for No Nukes scam.


55 posted on 11/06/2004 9:47:55 AM PST by USNBandit (Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
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To: OESY

Bush has no reason whatsoever to speak with kerry.

It's really up to the Democrats to speak with him and decide whether they want to give him an imporant role.

It's unlikely. Why would they give an important post to a man who never shows up for work? Moreover, a man with no real power base, who was mainly a sock puppet for Teddy Kennedy in the war of Kennedys vs clintons for control of the party? Teddy needed Kerry because Chappaquiddick makes it impossible for him to run for president. But he certainly doesn't need him to take his place as a power broker in the Senate.


56 posted on 11/06/2004 9:49:15 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Gibtx

I agree with the vets. Kerry has to be brought down totally. We need to keep after him to sign Form 180.

GO SWIFTIES!


57 posted on 11/06/2004 9:53:45 AM PST by mombrown1 (WHO)
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To: Gibtx

We have got to finish this traitor off NOW once and for all to see him for exactly what he is...

Even the many of the Dems in the end will be glad the liar lost...

imo


58 posted on 11/06/2004 11:20:17 AM PST by joesnuffy ("The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it." Horatio Seymour)
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