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...early August, when former Vermont Gov. Howard B. Dean was riding high, a friend who was working with me in Dean’s New Hampshire campaign proposed a scenario. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., would be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. He would appropriate Dean’s rhetoric, imitate his style and walk away with the nomination. John Kerry would win by becoming Howard Dean...
...mandates; others, the more disconcerting band of Bush cheerleaders, usually give a nod of the head and a coy few words, perhaps a “well, he tried.” On the Left, NCLB occupies a place on the official hit list of Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., with the senator’s blithe suggestion of a National Education Trust, a pool of money to fund schools “no questions asked”—in other words, without federal mandates...
...women; and, more tellingly, the organization has done everything it can to obstruct even basic education reforms on federal and state levels. The union was outraged with NCLB and Democrats, who flocked to support the law after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ‘54-’56 D-Mass., signed up as a co-sponsor. That was hardly a novel occurrence, though—every six years, when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s mandatory reauthorization comes before Congress, it’s the same song and dance. Accountability for failing teachers? No. Incentives...
...dramatic Democratic presidential primary season comes to a close, Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., is in a position unthinkable at the close of 2003. He is, after Tuesday’s round of primaries, the certain nominee, and after the elimination of all his serious rivals but President Bush, he is still—as he was a year ago—the strongest candidate in the race. Kerry’s tenacity has shown that he cannot be boiled down to the lowest common denominator. His long legislative history only shows that he gives serious and appropriate consideration...
...John F. Kerry, D-Mass. is poised for the Democratic presidential nomination thanks to resounding victories from coast to coast in yesterday’s Super Tuesday primaries, including a 50-plus point victory in Massachusetts...