My own sense of Kerry comes from five years in Boston. I kept running into liberal Democrats who hated, hated, _hated_ George Bush. They also knew (as in had met) John Kerry (Massachusetts is a sufficiently small state that running into a Senator is a fairly common occurrence). And many of them said that they would vote for Bush before they voted for Kerry. It was quite remarkable - I've really never seen anything like it. Al Gore generated something of the same feeling, I think, but at a far lower level of intensity.
What was it about Kerry?
One of my friends is a big Demo fund-raiser here in Silicon Valley and he jumped on the Kerry bandwagon very early. (And so I've passed on a few chances to meet Kerry, based on the price tag for lunch or dinner!)
I like what Dean's organization is doing, but I'm not sure that makes Dean the best candidate... so I guess I'm undecided, at best. Uninformed, I'm afraid.
I'm often seized with a desire to vote Green.
Nick
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