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<p>Everybody thinks he has a running mate for John Kerry, but the Democratic pool is so shallow that some of the Democrats are trying to figure out a way to choose someone who isn't even eligible.</p> <p>A law professor at New York University thinks he has found a winning loophole in the 22nd Amendment, which declares that "no person shall be elected president more than twice." He wants to bring back Bill Clinton for a third term, and then find a way to make Mr. Kerry disappear.</p>

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., said Sunday that he supports the right of gays and lesbians to get married, adding that he backs a court ruling that could legalize same sex marriages in his own state. Asked if he wanted to last year's gay marriage ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court to survive legal challenges, Kennedy told CNN's "Late Edition, "I've strongly fought discrimination and prejudice my whole life in the United States Senate and I've supported the Massachusetts ruling." "Late Edition" host Wolf Blitzer then pressed Kennedy - a key backer of likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry - asking,...

TIME was when John Kerry looked a steady, dependable, moderate sort of chap. With screaming Howard Dean and crowd-pleasing John Edwards to the left of him, he was a man the Democratic establishment could embrace with relief. Now that he stands alone, after his near-sweep of the Super Tuesday primaries, his liberal colours suddenly seem more obvious. It may be that the Democratic nominee for president is still too left-wing for his party's good. It is not just the pictures from 1970s' anti-war rallies, or the easy slurs about Massachusetts. In conservative eyes, Mr Kerry has a long bad record....

<p>HOUSTON -- Ask John F. Kerry for his views on the environment, and he'll smile as he recalls painting Storrow Drive "biodegradable green" to celebrate Earth Day in 1970, or he'll borrow a phrase from President Kennedy and declare that America should "go to the moon right here on Earth" in a quest for alternatives to fossil fuels.</p>

Try to get to John Kerry's left. Just try. If you're a U.S. senator, you cannot. According to a recent analysis of the World's Greatest Deliberative Body, the Massachusetts Democrat was the "No. 1 Senate liberal in 2003." As the archest of the Senate's arch-liberals, Kerry voted last year to the left of fellow Democrats John Edwards of North Carolina (No. 2), Barbara Boxer of California (No. 5) and Tom Harkin of Iowa (No. 10). Kerry's ayes and nays were significantly to the left of the two liberals who most conservatives would nominate for a one-way fact-finding mission to Mars:...

Kerry: Federal government should recognize state-sanctioned same-sex 'marriage' Mar 4, 2004 By Staff BOSTON (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has told homosexual activists that the federal government should recognize same-sex “marriages” and civil unions that are legalized on the state level, The Washington Post reported March 4. His position means that the federal government would grant the same 1,000-plus benefits enjoyed by married couples nationwide to same-sex couples -- provided that those couples lives in a state that allows for same-sex “marriage” or civil unions. Kerry made the pledge at a homosexual fundraiser in San Francisco Feb. 27, the newspaper...

<p>"I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."</p>

When Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry won 9 of 10 states on Super Tuesday, putting a virtual lock on the Democratic presidential nomination, the Washington Post greeted the news with a banner front-page headline almost worthy of a moon landing: "Kerry Locks Up the Nomination" the paper declared in massive letters. No wonder the Post was so thrilled. Just a few days earlier, the non-partisan, non-ideological National Journal had published its annual analysis of congressional voting records. The conclusion: John Kerry is the most liberal U.S. senator. "The results of the vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), under fire from gay Democrats for opposing same-sex marriage, has promised that if elected president he would grant state-sanctioned gay couples the same 1,049 federal benefits married heterosexuals enjoy, according to people who met here with Kerry last Friday. Kerry, who personally opposes gay marriage, said for the first time he would bestow all federal benefits such as the right to file joint incomes taxes and collect survivor benefits to same-sex couples who unite legally in civil unions, domestic partnerships and even marriage under their state laws. Kerry made the...

The Democratic Party chose a nominee Tuesday who probably cannot win the White House in November. In opting for Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and turning down Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Democrats have broken from the pragmatism and moderation that dominated their party’s profile under Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the 1990s. Their party has now moved back to the liberal extremism of Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis that characterized the 1980s — with the same predictable result. It is now up to President Bush to take advantage of this by implementing a three-part strategy in the...

<p>THE Democratic Party slit its throat last night, abandoning 12 years of pragmatism to indulge in a nominee who's very unlikely to win. While John Edwards closed the gap that separated him from John Kerry, the front-loading of the nominating process proved too drastic to permit second thoughts. Once the Democratic voters had discarded Howard Dean and embraced Kerry, they did not have the dexterity to rethink Kerry in the light of the Edwards alternative.</p>

Al Rantel and Larry Elder are on KABC with Dick Morris. Dick said that the DemocRATS slit their throats tonight. Kerry was not vetted. He will be seen as a Dukakis liberal. Bush will spend 150 million dollars in ads up to convention time. It is too late. Kerry will have the delegates and cannot be un-nominated. Kerry looked like a reasonable candidate after Howard Dean. When his record is exposed, he will be in deep trouble. Bush must not be nice --- he must use negative ads, go after him, and define him. Possible for Hillary to take VP...

A story on Monday’s NBC Nightly News made brief mention of how a new National Journal rating of Congress for 2003 ranked Senator John Kerry as the most liberal Senator in the entire chamber, but only in the context of how John Edwards isn’t much less liberal and so may not do much as a VP candidate to help Kerry in the South. NBC’s Tim Russert also raised the ranking in the roundtable on Sunday’s Meet the Press and Dan Rather asked Kerry about it during Sunday’s CBS News debate with the Democratic presidential candidates, but the topic didn’t make...

<p>National Journal, the non-ideological, authoritative weekly magazine that covers Washington politics and policy, issued its congressional vote ratings for 2003 last week. Not surprisingly, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who is increasingly looking like a cinch to be his party's presidential nominee, found himself in familiar territory. Once again, Mr. Kerry has staked out the far-left fringe on the National Journal's liberal-conservative continuum.</p>

Bay State still cringing under L-word legacy By Joe Sciacca Recent Columns by Joe Sciacca Monday, March 1, 2004 Massachusetts gives John Fitzgerald Kennedy to this great nation and who does it give us back? Dennis Kucinich [related, bio]. At least the Ohio congressman, riding a wave of momentum after overtaking ``other/unsure'' in the polls, paid his respects to the Bay State in this campaign, unlike the other Democrats. Where will John Kerry [related, bio] savor his Super Tuesday victory tomorrow? Tampa. When the waitress at the Centro Ybor brings over the Coronas and asks where he's from, the senator's...

Kerry rated most liberal member of Senate By Richard E. Cohen, National Journal On the night of February 17, after finishing a surprisingly close second to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in the Wisconsin primary, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., made the rounds of television interviews and repeated what has become a familiar theme. Asked on CNN about his campaign strategy, Edwards replied that he planned to emphasize the contrasts between him and the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I think it's important for people to know the differences between us," Edwards said. "I like and respect John Kerry very...

What's another term for ''conservative''? Zell Miller, according to one prominent publication. The Georgian is the most conservative Democrat in the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey by the National Journal --- even more so than nearly half of the chamber's Republicans. The influential weekly publication for Washington insiders reached its findings based on an analysis of what it determined to be key votes made last year by Congress on economic, social and foreign policy issues. Miller has drawn criticism from many Democrats in recent years for his right-leaning votes on major issues such as Medicare and for supporting...

<p>Sen. John Kerry yesterday ridiculed the notion that he is the most liberal U.S. senator, a ranking the National Journal bestowed last week upon the Massachusetts Democrat, who has not been shy about using labels himself.</p> <p>"Labels are so silly in American politics," said Mr. Kerry, who also declined to say whether he considered himself a liberal. "I think it's the silliest thing I've ever heard."</p>

NUMBER ONE: KERRY RANKED 'MOST LIBERAL' IN SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES, TOPS KENNEDY, CLINTON NATIONAL JOURNAL on Friday claimed Democrat frontrunner John Kerry has the "most liberal" voting record in the Senate. The results of Senate vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5 -- far ahead of such Democrat stalwarts as Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. NATIONAL JOURNAL's scores, which have been compiled each year since 1981, are based on lawmakers' votes in three areas: economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy. "To be sure, Kerry's ranking as...