 After nearly drowning in a sea of red states, John Kerry is keeping his head above water and is making it clear that he has no intention of disappearing beneath the waves despite his loss last November.
| That'll teach him to take driving lessons from Ted Kennedy |
As the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, unlike Al Gore, who the Times recalled virtually disappeared for months after the 2000 race, traveled to Europe, grew a beard, ate 9,000 donuts and gained weight, Kerry hasn't done any of these things. Instead, he climbed back up to Capitol Hill, reclaimed his seat in the Senate, and, as the Times, put it, is "working hard to fashion himself into something rare in American politics: a presidential also-ran who isn't an afterthought."
| Who're they talking about again... I forget. |
Moreover, he has been sonorous outspoken on such hot issues as health care, electoral reform and military preparedness and helped spearhead the failed attempts to prevent Senate confirmation of both Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general.
| That worked as well as his campaign |
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