arisbe

I think you should take a look at this week's New Republic and read about the perspective Kerry inherits from his father, a career diplomat. Kerry is very much NOT a "New Democrat," if this article is correct, but, instead, a "realist" with an internationalist perspective. Turns out his State Department father was against the war before his son was, but for purely pragmatic reasons. Kerry, who IS wooden and somewhat hypocritical in his private life, is nevertheless beginning to look better and better to me.