Warming Up Kerry - by Whorie Fineman

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Blue skies: Their energy was infectious, but their numbers barely moved. Can Kerry-Edwards convert smiles into votes against Team Bush? Game on

Charles Ommanney / Contact for Newsweek
'Good pictures': The Kerry-Edwards ticket as a family affair
By Howard Fineman and Richard Wolffe
Newsweek

July 19, 2004 issue - The Kennedys loved to play football in odd places and so, naturally, does their political descendant, Sen. John F. Kerry. It was searingly hot on the airport tarmac in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., last week. Inside an air-conditioned conference room, Kerry and an aide were tossing a football when Sen. John Edwards arrived. In coats and ties, the newly minted running mates performed yet another bonding ritual, a typical blend of bonhomie and competition. Grinning, Kerry winged a pass across the table to Edwards, who caught it with the practiced, spread-fingered ease of the high-school player he once was. "Look at those soft hands!" Kerry exclaimed. "A good receiver." Edwards, grinning, too, passed the ball back, making Kerry reach a bit to make the catch. "I kind of led him a little bit too much," Edwards said, "but you knew he'd get it."

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