News from the Boston Herald today... "Faneuil Hall rally attended by an estimated 15,000"! Read a first hand account of yesterday in New Hampshire and Boston, from Lou on the Official Kerry Blog...
Kerry cries foul over prez policies
by, Andrew Miga
Derry, N.H. - Sen. John F. Kerry ended his presidential announcement tour yesterday on an emotional note, briefly shedding tears during a visit to a New Hampshire diner after a jobless mother told of her struggles.
During his stop at Mary Ann's Diner, Kerry (D-Mass.) wiped away a tear as he heard the plight of Barbara Woodman of Concord, N.H., a mother unable to find work after losing her job as a medical biographer at a publishing house.
"I don't care how many jobs I have to work, those kids are going to college,'' she said, her voice choking with emotion.
The 59-year-old senator gently embraced the woman, resting an arm across her shoulder. "That's very moving,'' he replied. "It really is. No, it's tough.''
For some, Kerry's tearful moment in the leadoff primary state evoked faded memories of Ed Muskie's failed 1972 Democratic primary bid. Muskie's teary reaction in the snows of New Hampshire to attacks on his wife doomed his presidential hopes in the Granite State.
Kerry's two-day, four-state announcement tour - which ended last night at a boisterous Faneuil Hall rally attended by an estimated 15,000 - coupled with a television ad blitz, seeks to reignite his flagging campaign and blunt Democratic front-runner Howard Dean's momentum as the fall race intensifies.
"It feels like we're really beginning,'' Kerry said aboard his campaign plane as he jetted from Iowa to New Hampshire. "There's something about September and campaigning. The sky gets bluer. The air gets cooler and you get more focused. This campaign is coming into its time. I'm ready to roll.''
Flanked by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Malden) at Faneuil Hall, the senator declared to strong applause: "The one person in America who deserves to be laid off is George W. Bush.''
Kennedy bellowed, "We need a president with the ability to keep our country strong at home. We need the leadership and strength of John Kerry. He will never, ever be a president who shoots first and asks questions later.''
Earlier, beginning the final day of his 2004 presidential announcement swing, Kerry launched a biting assault on Bush over the Iraq war.
"I say to America: We deserve a president who gets it right from the beginning before young men and women are killed,'' Kerry asserted.
The senator, who stressed his Vietnam War hero record in South Carolina, also took aim at Dean's opposition to the Iraq war - suggesting the former Vermont governor has not said how he would contain Saddam Hussein's outlaw regime.
"Howard Dean's approach on the war is wrong,'' Kerry told reporters aboard his campaign plane. "You can't just walk away. All along I said hold (Saddam) accountable, but do it right. Build a coalition. Do it right.''
Kerry has been criticized by some for sending what are perceived as mixed messages to voters on the Iraq war: He voted for a resolution authorizing force, but since has criticized Bush's handling of the conflict.
Kerry has made his Iraq stance and his economic revival plan the cornerstones of his presidential run. "Three million jobs lost, too many of them in the heartland,'' Kerry declares in one of three new TV ads airing in New Hampshire and Iowa. "That is an astonishing failure.''
Kerry is airing television ads based on his campaign stops in New Hampshire and Iowa this week - essentially cutting new ads on the run.
"These are real-time ads,'' said Kerry senior consultant Bob Shrum. "We're cutting these at night after we campaign during the day.''
Kerry cries foul over prez policies
by, Andrew Miga
Derry, N.H. - Sen. John F. Kerry ended his presidential announcement tour yesterday on an emotional note, briefly shedding tears during a visit to a New Hampshire diner after a jobless mother told of her struggles.
During his stop at Mary Ann's Diner, Kerry (D-Mass.) wiped away a tear as he heard the plight of Barbara Woodman of Concord, N.H., a mother unable to find work after losing her job as a medical biographer at a publishing house.
"I don't care how many jobs I have to work, those kids are going to college,'' she said, her voice choking with emotion.
The 59-year-old senator gently embraced the woman, resting an arm across her shoulder. "That's very moving,'' he replied. "It really is. No, it's tough.''
For some, Kerry's tearful moment in the leadoff primary state evoked faded memories of Ed Muskie's failed 1972 Democratic primary bid. Muskie's teary reaction in the snows of New Hampshire to attacks on his wife doomed his presidential hopes in the Granite State.
Kerry's two-day, four-state announcement tour - which ended last night at a boisterous Faneuil Hall rally attended by an estimated 15,000 - coupled with a television ad blitz, seeks to reignite his flagging campaign and blunt Democratic front-runner Howard Dean's momentum as the fall race intensifies.
"It feels like we're really beginning,'' Kerry said aboard his campaign plane as he jetted from Iowa to New Hampshire. "There's something about September and campaigning. The sky gets bluer. The air gets cooler and you get more focused. This campaign is coming into its time. I'm ready to roll.''
Flanked by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Malden) at Faneuil Hall, the senator declared to strong applause: "The one person in America who deserves to be laid off is George W. Bush.''
Kennedy bellowed, "We need a president with the ability to keep our country strong at home. We need the leadership and strength of John Kerry. He will never, ever be a president who shoots first and asks questions later.''
Earlier, beginning the final day of his 2004 presidential announcement swing, Kerry launched a biting assault on Bush over the Iraq war.
"I say to America: We deserve a president who gets it right from the beginning before young men and women are killed,'' Kerry asserted.
The senator, who stressed his Vietnam War hero record in South Carolina, also took aim at Dean's opposition to the Iraq war - suggesting the former Vermont governor has not said how he would contain Saddam Hussein's outlaw regime.
"Howard Dean's approach on the war is wrong,'' Kerry told reporters aboard his campaign plane. "You can't just walk away. All along I said hold (Saddam) accountable, but do it right. Build a coalition. Do it right.''
Kerry has been criticized by some for sending what are perceived as mixed messages to voters on the Iraq war: He voted for a resolution authorizing force, but since has criticized Bush's handling of the conflict.
Kerry has made his Iraq stance and his economic revival plan the cornerstones of his presidential run. "Three million jobs lost, too many of them in the heartland,'' Kerry declares in one of three new TV ads airing in New Hampshire and Iowa. "That is an astonishing failure.''
Kerry is airing television ads based on his campaign stops in New Hampshire and Iowa this week - essentially cutting new ads on the run.
"These are real-time ads,'' said Kerry senior consultant Bob Shrum. "We're cutting these at night after we campaign during the day.''
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