This is Joannie, so no surprise. All stereotypes are there. Sorry, I prefer the Herald article.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/11/19/what_will_it_be_senator_kerry/?p1=MEWell_Pos5
What will it be, Senator Kerry?
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist | November 19, 2006
THIS TIME, it will be harder for John Kerry to have it two ways. He can't be for and against a presidential campaign. The pressure is on to choose: Will he run for president or Senate in 2008?
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At home, the common reaction to an '08 bid is "Kerry's done." Said one bigtime Democratic fund-raiser, "I haven't found a human being who is enthusiastic about his campaign and willing to support him. I don't know anyone in Massachusetts who is willing to sign on."
These down-on-Kerry Democrats are still off the record. This is Massachusetts, where people prefer to keep their backstabbing confidential. US Senator Hillary Clinton of New York is popular here. There's also interest in John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina who was Kerry's running mate in 2004. During the gubernatorial campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois came to the state several times on behalf of Deval Patrick, and Patrick's victory tweaks further interest in Obama.
Pre-gaffe, Kerry spent the past year traveling and raising money on behalf of Democratic candidates and finally seemed to have a strong, cohesive anti war message. But the bungled joke heard around the world -- if you're not educated you get "stuck in Iraq" -- cemented the feeling that Kerry won't get another shot at president. "I doubt he could get invited to a party event anywhere . . . maybe he and Karl Rove could break bread together," said pollster John Gorman of Cambridge-based Opinion Dynamics, summing up Kerry's post-joke, skunk-at-the-garden-party aura.
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Don't expect Kerry to worry about anyone's timetable but his own. Candidates for his Senate seat can first take out papers of intent in February 2008. The deadline for filing the necessary 10,000 signatures is May 6, 2008. That means that Kerry could spend 2007 doing what he has been doing -- retesting the presidential waters, while popping up strategically in Washington. With Democrats now in control of Congress, Kerry will chair the Committee on Small Business, giving him a platform on issues such as healthcare and the minimum wage. He also plans to play a role in the critical debate over Iraq war policy.
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I think she is right that there will be pressure for Kerry to decide, if anything because a lot of people want to run for this seat. But it is difficult to imagine much more negative as an article about Kerry.