Clinton Endorsed by Bob Kerrey

[NewHampster]

Source: New York Times

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/clinton-endorsed-by-bob-kerrey/

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa –- One of Bill Clinton’s political headaches during his 1992 campaign and his first years as president was Bob Kerrey, the Democratic senator and Vietnam veteran from Nebraska, who also ran for the 1992 nomination and was a tough critic of some of Mr. Clinton’s personal and policy choices.

Mr. Kerrey famously questioned Mr. Clinton’s candor during the ‘92 campaign, and, once Mr. Clinton took office, he drove the president to distraction by holding out his vote on a key budget bill until the last minute.

Yet here Mr. Kerrey was Sunday afternoon, endorsing Mrs. Clinton’s presidential candidacy “enthusiastically and unequivocally.”

Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/clinton-endorsed-by-bob-kerrey/

[bluestateguy]

1. The Establishment is fighting back

The Manhattan/DC/LA elite is not going to go down quietly.

[pinto]

2. Overall, it's a good Democratic primary race, for sure.

There's a great slate of possibilities, committed supporters, and apparently an interested electorate (there's a *big* key to a 2008 win.)

:kick:

[wundermaus]

3. Why would Kerry turn his back on Edwards? HIS choice for VP?

Just asking... Seems odd, doesn't it? Tis curiouser and curiouser...

[provis99]

4. you're confusing Bob Kerrey with John Kerry

Bob Kerrey has always been associated with the Clintons, so his endorsement was no surprise. John Kerry was the one who chose Edwards as VP. Plenty of other people have made the mistake, given the similarity of their last names, and the fact they were both Vietnam veterans with medals.

[mmonk]

5. Kerrey, not Kerry.

[NewHampster]

6. Former Senator from Nebraska

[karynnj]

11. No Kerry, this is Bob KerrEy

In addition to the extra "e", he is for more hawkish and far more conservative.

As to John Kerry he has ties to many people running. Just because he picked Edwards as VP does not mean he thinks he's the best candidate. He picked Obama for the Keynote speech. Also some people like Biden and Dodd might have been rejected as having too similar a profile. Dodd is a long term NE Senator with many years on the SFRC. (Same with Biden, but DE is not NE though still northeastern.

Kerry might also have a different opinion based on how Edwards was in the general election. Kerry has not said one word, but others Edwards is quoted to have explained why he refused to use "help is on the way" because he wanted to keep "hope is on the way". No matter who was right - there's a value in having a consistent slogan - and Kerry was the Presidential nominee. (I think Kerry right because hope was already there - promising it in the future is not real enough.) This comment from Edwards signals that he acted a bit like a primadonna. Also, after the election both Edwards had some unkind things to say about the Kerrys, who did not respond in kind. Still, if Kerry thought Edwards was the best he would likely endorse him. I would tend to doubt it.

[wundermaus]

13. Thanks everyone for clearing that up...

It didn't make sense and now it does. Thank you. Pardon my ignorance.

John Kerry -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry

Bob Kerrey -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kerrey

[karynnj]

14. It's only one letter

:) :)

[humbled_opinion]

7. Well isn' that Special... n/t

[NewHampster]

8. yes it is

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Kerrey...

Bob Kerrey: Wrong Before Going Into Iraq And Still Wrong Today
On September 13, 2002, just as Congress was debating whether to approve a resolution providing President Bush the authority to use force against Iraq, former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) wrote in the Wall Street Journal:

The real choice is between sustaining a military effort designed to contain Saddam Hussein and a military effort designed to replace him. In my mind the case for the second choice is overwhelming. … Regime change is the only way we can safely reduce our military commitment to the region.

In calling for regime change, Kerrey displayed an inability to comprehend the predictable chaos that would ensue. The intelligence community warned the Bush administration in January 2003 that regime change “would result in a deeply divided Iraqi society prone to violent internal conflict.”

...

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/

[jaysunb]

10. DLC strikes again...

Doing it in increments. :evilfrown:

[Zorra]

12. That's like being endorsed by Joe Lieberman. And rumor has it that

Lieberman is endorsing John McCain.