Yawn
So John Kerry has chosen a runnin......
Oops..sorry...I dozed off.
So Kerry has chosen a runningmate. His fellow senator, John...
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Dammit. Sorry.
John Edwards.
Not exactly a surprise. For weeks now, the Kerry campaign has all but shouted from the mountain top that Edwards was the likely choice. So the announcement itself is pretty much a non-event. It's like being forced to watch
Psycho knowing from the beginning that Anthony Perkins is his own mother. Consequently, Kerry can expect little (if any) political boost from the announcement and is now heading into a national convention void of any drama.
If I were advising John Kerry (hmmm...I just shuddered), my advice would have been to keep his VP choice a closely guarded secret and announce it at the Democratic National Convention. In other words, Kerry could have added some suspense to his otherwise predictable, dull campaign and given people a reason to watch the convention.
As far as Kerry's choice goes, well, what's it say about the Democratic Party when their presidential nominee, who is a U.S. senator, can't find a worthy runningmate outside of Congress? For some reason, Kerry was determined to pick a fellow congresscritter. His leading runningmate contenders were Senator John McCain, Senator John Edwards, Senator Hillary Clinton and Congressman Dick Gephardt. The Dems' talent pool must be mighty shallow.
Kerry and Edwards--two east coast U.S. senators with the same first name.
And here I always thought the Democrats were worried about diversity.
