A few more endorsements.

[Mass]

http://www.chimesatmidnight.blogspot.com/

Oops almost forgot to make an endorsement...
The Chimes at Midnight proudly endorses John Kerry for re-election to the United States Senate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To put aside his leadership in this critical time would be the absolute height of folly.
On the environment, defense, terrorism, foreign policy and down to the worries and woes of small businesses, John Kerry has taken the point sans demure.
He is not Edward Maxiumus, nor will he ever be...he was never whelped by legends out of legendary times.
But John Kerry has drive, brains, passion and a willingness to serve in both tough times and in fair weather...I for one will take that any day of the week.
Challenges of catastrophic proportions face the nation, our foreign policy is composed of a collection of ruins and the global financial system may well melt down starting today on Wall Street.
Now more that ever don't we need a voice of experience, a man of wisdom someone who will stick up for the little guy when the mighty start toppling?

Who we need is John Kerry, please vote for him tomorrow in the democratic primary.

http://bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=13014

US Senate: John Kerry. This was not a difficult call for us. We applaud Ed O'Reilly's spirited campaign, and we are disappointed in Senator Kerry's failure to live up to his own rhetoric about the importance of an informed electorate and vigorous participation in the democratic process by grudgingly agreeing to a single 20-minute debate. But Senator Kerry remains an important leader both locally and nationally on issues that matter to all of us. And anyone who saw his convention speech could have no doubt that he still has plenty of fire in his belly. We'd like to see more of that guy, and less of the overly cautious one who sometimes shows up. But we see no compelling reason to turn out someone as effective as Kerry has been in favor of someone who found chairing the Gloucester School Committee too time-consuming.

[beachmom]

1. I think this was one hell of an endorsement as well:

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=13001

By Cadmium. Read the whole thing, but I found this part very touching:

First this excerpt from Mark Shields:

Let me tell you about a John Kerry much different from that glib stereotype. Seven years ago, Kerry personally recruited Brendan O'Donnell, then 19, to become an intern in his Senate office in Washington. Senate internships are coveted positions, often reserved for the children of well-connected or deep-pocketed campaign donors. Brendan O'Donnell's mother, Kathryn, was an honored elementary teacher and a widow. Her husband and Brendan's father, Kirk, was an enormously talented lawyer-politician had died unexpectedly the previous September. In the cold calculus of power, neither Brendan O'Donnell nor his family could do anything politically for John Kerry or anybody else.

What I forgot to mention is that Brendan is learning disabled. In 1999, he explained his condition this way in a statement John Kerry later quoted on the Senate floor: "I think there should be a different name for learning disabilities ... to me, it's not a disability -- it's just that I have something which causes a storm in my mind. When I look at something, I have to take my time and take it all in." But take it in he does, performing all his assigned tasks in the Senate office with enthusiasm and dispatch.

Don't try to tell Brendan O' Donnell that his boss, Sen. John Kerry, is aloof, self-absorbed or emotionally detached. He knows better. Brendan once spoke about individuals with learning disabilities: "We are the same as everyone else, and if someone takes the time to teach us, to work with us, and to help us understand, we can do whatever we want." He is right, and Sen. John Kerry has cared enough personally to take that time. Sorry if that shatters your stereotype like it shattered mine.

Then Cadmium shares his own personal anecdote, for which I can vouch for. I witnessed this first hand when I was in Boston in '06, and was really struck at what this said about John Kerry: this is a case of him showing not just that he is a fine politician, but a fine human being:

My wife and I do adult foster care (an inadequate phrase if there ever was one) for a man with major developmental disabilities and John Kerry seeks him out at events, chats with him -- no pictures, he banters, and treats him as an equal -- proof of a basic decency that rarely gets reported in the press.

[MBS]

2. I just loved Cadmium's post. He was describing the real JK. n/t

[whometense]

3. I'm not sure how much good this

will do Kerry, but this is an interesting endorsement nonetheless.

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/09/our_endorsements_for_primary_v.html

The Republican makes the following endorsements:

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, four-term junior senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, is facing his first primary challenge since he was elected to the Senate in 1984, facing Gloucester lawyer Edward J. O'Reilly, whose colorful career included stints as a firefighter and lobster fisherman.

The 55-year-old O'Reilly faults the 64-year-old Kerry for his vote authorizing the war in Iraq, in addition to being out-of-touch with constituents.

We support Sen. Kerry, who we believe has accomplished much for the nation and the commonwealth while conducting himself according to the highest principles. We believe Kerry's vote for the war is a non-issue. He has explained his decision, contending that he was misled by the administration into believing war was a last resort. While we have opposed the war from the outset, we believe those who voted to authorize the president could not have expected that President Bush would have so recklessly ordered the Iraq invasion.

Kerry has worked tirelessly for ethics reform, the environment and veterans - and Western Massachusetts. We need a man of experience and integrity like John Kerry in the Senate to represent the interests of the commonwealth.

[MBS]

4. it's a great endorsement!

that's the newspaper of Springfield, MA (yes?) .. and it's about time someone acknowledged Kerry for THIS:

We support Sen. Kerry, who we believe has accomplished much for the nation and the commonwealth while conducting himself according to the highest principles. We believe Kerry's vote for the war is a non-issue. He has explained his decision, contending that he was misled by the administration into believing war was a last resort. While we have opposed the war from the outset, we believe those who voted to authorize the president could not have expected that President Bush would have so recklessly ordered the Iraq invasion.

Kerry has worked tirelessly for ethics reform, the environment and veterans - and Western Massachusetts. We need a man of experience and integrity like John Kerry in the Senate to represent the interests of the commonwealth.

[whometense]

5. I just meant it coming from a republican and all,

seeing as hoe EOR is running to JK's left (supposedly - and confusedly).

[MBS]

6. That's just the name of the newspaper, not the party -- I'm

pretty sure I'm right.

See http://www.repub.com

[Mass]

7. The Springfield Republican is the Springfield paper, not a Republican or Democratic paper.

And they have always been much more positive and informative about Kerry than the Globe.