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Kerry Prepares Another White House Run
Washington Post ^ | January 9, 2007 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 01/09/2007 8:35:25 AM PST by West Coast Conservative

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has maintained a decidedly low profile following his self-described botched joke in the run-up to the 2006 midterm elections. Many observers concluded that Kerry's silence meant he had given up his dream of becoming the first Democrat since Adlai Stevenson to be renominated by his party four years after losing a presidential race.

Wrong. Kerry has recently begun to bolster his Senate and campaign staff in preparation for what some Kerry insiders insist is a likely run for president. Kerry has signed on Erik Smith to serve as a senior adviser to his Senate campaign committee and Vince Morris to be communications director in his Senate office.

Smith, who runs Blue Engine Message & Media, served as national press secretary for Dick Gephardt's 2004 presidential bid and previously was communications director in Gephardt's leadership office. He also served a stint as communications director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Morris comes to the Kerry camp after a stint as communications director for former Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony Williams. Prior to his work for Williams, Morris was a reporter for the New York Post and Washington Times. Morris started officially on Monday.

Asked whether his decision to join Kerry signaled that the senator would be running again for president in 2008, Smith demurred. "Whatever he chooses to do, he is going to have a tremendous impact on public policy," said Smith. "Whether on Iraq or domestic policy, Sen. Kerry bring tremendous political assets to the table and the party benefits when he takes a leadership role."

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2004election; 2008election; kerry; loser; unfit
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1 posted on 01/09/2007 8:35:28 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
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HA HA! I've been waiting for this purely for the entertainment value. Watching Kerry lumber into the primaries with Hillary and Obama will be too funny.


2 posted on 01/09/2007 8:36:53 AM PST by blitzgig
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To: West Coast Conservative

Oh, goodie...!!! Kicking the s&^% out of him was fun!


3 posted on 01/09/2007 8:37:24 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: West Coast Conservative
He's been working on his flipping technique..


4 posted on 01/09/2007 8:37:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Good.

Can't wait.


5 posted on 01/09/2007 8:37:49 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: West Coast Conservative

call.....911......can't........breath........laughing........too......hard......please.....


6 posted on 01/09/2007 8:38:37 AM PST by a_screen_name
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To: West Coast Conservative

He may get less traction this time than Dennis Kucinich.


7 posted on 01/09/2007 8:38:39 AM PST by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
John Kerry...What hubris, what conceit, what self-delusion. This moron couldn't get elected dog-catcher...in this country, anyway. Wadda jerk!!!
8 posted on 01/09/2007 8:39:28 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: West Coast Conservative
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9 posted on 01/09/2007 8:39:29 AM PST by TommyDale (If we don't put a stop to this global warming, we will all be dead in 10,000 years!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Kerry has recently begun to bolster his Senate and campaign staff in preparation for what some Kerry insiders insist is a likely run for president.

He he he he.

He he HE HE HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Gasp, cough, wheeze.

10 posted on 01/09/2007 8:39:38 AM PST by Aeronaut (Hebrews 13:4)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Is John Kerry trying to make a funny here?


11 posted on 01/09/2007 8:40:02 AM PST by desherwood7
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12 posted on 01/09/2007 8:40:46 AM PST by Vaquero (Moderate Islam is Radical Islams Trojan horse in the West)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Let him run! We need the laughs.


13 posted on 01/09/2007 8:41:54 AM PST by al_c
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To: West Coast Conservative
the first Democrat since Adlai Stevenson to be renominated by his party four years after losing a presidential race

Yeah, but he'll have to contend with Al Gore, who wants to be the first V.P. since Nixon to be nominated eight years after losing a presidential race.

14 posted on 01/09/2007 8:42:26 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Note the pasty white hands of "Flip-Flop, flapjacking John". That John ain't-a-hoppin.


15 posted on 01/09/2007 8:42:45 AM PST by politicalwit (Freedom doesn't mean a Free Pass.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

He should form a ticket with Biden!!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....


16 posted on 01/09/2007 8:42:46 AM PST by LongsforReagan (GO EAGLES!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
well when is Bela Pelosi and Dirty Harry going to throw their towels in????

After all, Bela Pelosi and Dirty Harry need more recognition than what their present positions grant them....

Especially with President Bush moving the pawns around...
17 posted on 01/09/2007 8:42:53 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
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To: West Coast Conservative

I'm speechless. Do they really think it's possible the country would vote in an 'also-ran?'

Is it? <:-O


18 posted on 01/09/2007 8:43:18 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: West Coast Conservative

Even my most liberal friends despise this self-aggrandizing idiot. He won't last through the summer.


19 posted on 01/09/2007 8:43:57 AM PST by Scarchin (+)
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Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!!!!
One of the truly great things to come out of last year was the realization that this miserable bastard will never be president.
(I donated to swifties pre-election and post for defense fund.
I believe those guys saved us.)
20 posted on 01/09/2007 8:44:06 AM PST by Harry Pothead
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