Don’t Tease Me Like That!
Can it be? Can John Kerry truly still be pondering a 2008 run? Apparently:
With the 2008 Democratic presidential field taking shape fast, Senator John F. Kerry still hasn’t decided whether to join the race, and maintains that the early announcements from other candidates won’t push him to act in haste , according to Kerry aides and associates.
Kerry has indicated that he will announce his intentions by the end of January, in keeping with his publicly stated intention to do so “shortly after the turn of the year.” His aides have drafted a “John Kerry for President ’08″ financial plan that will restart his fund-raising efforts with a series of house parties organized by activists around the country — if he decides to pursue the presidency again.
With $13 million still in his campaign account and wide name recognition stemming from his failed 2004 run, Kerry advisers feel that the senator can afford to take his time, unlike some other Democrats already in the race.
“This spasm of declarations from the other candidates is great entertainment, but Senator Kerry is focused on his work in the Senate on behalf of Massachusetts and the rest of the country,” said Vince Morris, a Kerry spokesman. “He’s talking with family, staff, and supporters, and isn’t going to be rushed into announcing his plans.”
According to two people who have discussed the matter with Kerry in recent weeks, the deep desire he had to become president in 2004 hasn’t abated. Nevertheless, he realizes that another run would be difficult, given his diminished public standing…
“Diminished public standing” – that’s a rather diplomatic way of putting it!…Of course, you all know that I would love nothing better than another Kerry run…but alas, I think even the notoriously arrogant Kerry is beginning to realize he’s yesterday’s news.
I’m betting he stays out…
RINO Sightings Carnival — Surrealistic RINOCEROTIC Edition!
While Eric had planned to do a surrealistic RINO carnival based on the rhinocerotic art of Dali (the world’s first surrealistic RINO Carnival), it seems that something went awry in the channeling department. Eric was trying to channel Dali, but…
Oh, I disagree. I think he’s waiting as long as possible to extend the time and space from his “stuck in Iraq” quote. The man is all ambition and he’ll delude himself back into the race.
That man must love punishment if he enters again. We (real Vietnam vets) are waiting for him. We need some more great fun. Wonder if he’ll figure out where Cambodia is and who was president at the time of his ‘Seared in his mind’ trip? I’ve got a Boonie hat i’ll loan him.
I began to write my opinion that Kerry will never run in 2008 but then I remembered that he is terrifically tone-deaf, politically, and it will slip past his notice that he has absolutely no hope of winning. This situation will be made worse by the decision to withold a decision until too much time is past for him to successfully enter the money raising game.
Yeah, he’s in, just late and with unrealistic expectations.
[...] That will make Democrats happy – they’d just as soon not have to deal with Kerry anymore – but it’s a blow to all of us conservative bloggers who were looking for the easy comedy relief (although I did predict he wouldn’t run just yesterday). [...]
Well, wrong again! I’m an awesome pundit. Not.
Hey, you took the smart bet – always go with Kerry’s ego…he just threw a curveball, that’s all…
You and me both Eric. Of course, this means he will focus his energies on representing the people of the Commonwealth of MA full time. My prediction had an element of wishfull thinking in that I live in MA and knew that if he was running for President he would be spending much less time on representing me. Damn!