Reply #28: Hi to you, demdiva, and welcome to DU! [View All]

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I'll accept a Kerry candidacy without any problem at all, don't get me wrong. It's just that right now I don't think the support is there on the part of various states' party operatives. That alone wouldn't -- and shouldn't -- stop anybody from a presidential run. But I don't think Kerry would have placed first in Iowa last time without Vilsack's support, and this time Vilsack may himself run as a favorite son in the caucuses.

(I also feel that Kerry-Edwards defeated Bush-Cheney in Ohio, and so I feel that Kerry -- and Gore before him -- were denied their rightful destinies.)

You're right also on Kerry's having some money to spend, and he could make effective use of it. But I don't think Gore can be shoved aside easily. I think he's the nominee if he decides to go for it, and jumps early enough.

Dammit, welcome to DU!