There are two articles that anti-fans of John Kerry will want to check out...
"Sen. Kerry challenger hits trail looking for upset" by Jay Lindsay at RealClearPolitics is a good one which includes this bit:The former Delta Force officer portrayed Kerry as an elitist with a thin record of achievement for Massachusetts — similar criticisms to those leveled by Kerry's unsuccessful challenger in Tuesday's primary, attorney Ed O'Reilly.
The 30 percent of the vote that the relatively unknown O'Reilly received was seen by some as an expression of frustration with Kerry, who first took office 23 years ago.
"When a third of the Democrats in his own primary thumb their nose at their sitting senator, he's got troubles in River City," Beatty said. "You can bet that the anti-Kerry sentiment is running a lot higher than one-third in the unenrolled and in the Republican ranks."
It's going to be tough, but it's not impossible that Kerry could be looking for a new job...particularly if stuff like this is the norm rather than the exception:"When you tell people, `My name is Jeff Beatty and I'm running against John Kerry for United States Senate,' I don't get... `I'm not going to listen to you because you're Republican,'" Beatty said. "I get, `Anybody but Kerry.'"
Anybody but Kerry...kinda has a ring to it, doesn't it? Over at the Boston Herald's aptly named Lone Republican blog, you'll see a post about how Democrats -- including John Kerry -- are afraid to debate their Republican opponents. Will Kerry finally agree to a debate? I'm not holding my breath...
