Sen. Kerry planning farewell tour of Massachusetts

[karynnj]

10. What garbage - there is no way the attendance was 200

Not to mention losing the presidency after winning the party nomination is hardly "depths" - you can argue that Ted Kennedy 1980 was far far worse - he lost the nomination and gained the animosity of the right wing of the party.

As to his skills as a retail politician, it was with no help of the Boston Globe that he beat their preferred candidates for the lt Governor and first Senate race --- not to mention they favored Weld over Kerry in coverage. He also had little media or party support to win the Presidential nomination. I think it boils down to his lack of skill in pandering to the Boston Globe.

I saw Viser on one of the FOMA pay for view round tables with Kerry and other reporters. He seemed young, nervous and his questions were not the best.

In addition, he was one of the lead Scott Brown adoring fans. Imagine if the Boston media had accorded Kerry the flattering coverage that they gave the useless Scott Brown. (One example was they used almost nothing of a very vapid Brown interview that they posted the transcript of in a very positive article on his early efforts in the Senate. Then there were little things like an article when he was appointed to Small Business on how that would help the state. (Not mentioning the former chair and still member.)