John Kerry

Would the Boston Globe have quoted a Tennessee blue dog on, say, Kennedy's SCHIP legislation? I have never heard him mentioned in any foreign policy article and as you say, he is not from MA. What he is is one of the bluest blue dogs in the entire House. In fact, it is not just Massachusetts liberals he dislikes, he was one of three Democrats to vote against the Americans with disability Act. He is a big NRA guy.

The fact is that war hero John Kerry was excellently positioned to speak of Romney not mentioning the troops. In addition, he proved in 2004 that he was excellent on foreign policy - so much so that a biased media did not even try to spin the first debate for Bush As to not being able to move independents on foreign policy, it is FACT that he did just that in the more difficult atmosphere in 2004 because of that debate performance.

Funny thing - Kerry won Cooper's district in 2004 - a year when foreign policy was the number 1 issue. http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/9/28/115657/509 He is just a provincial Southern not able to see beyond his biases.