OT: Warming Up Kerry
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Blue skies: Their energy was infectious, but their numbers barely
moved. Can Kerry-Edwards convert smiles into votes against Team Bush?
Game on.
By Howard Fineman and Richard Wolffe
Newsweek
July 19, 2004 issue - The Kennedys loved to play football in odd
places and so, naturally, does their political descendant, Sen. John
F. Kerry. It was searingly hot on the airport tarmac in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., last week. Inside an air-conditioned conference
room, Kerry and an aide were tossing a football when Sen. John Edwards
arrived. In coats and ties, the newly minted running mates performed
yet another bonding ritual, a typical blend of bonhomie and
competition. Grinning, Kerry winged a pass across the table to
Edwards, who caught it with the practiced, spread-fingered ease of the
high-school player he once was. "Look at those soft hands!" Kerry
exclaimed. "A good receiver." Edwards, grinning, too, passed the ball
back, making Kerry reach a bit to make the catch. "I kind of led him a
little bit too much," Edwards said, "but you knew he'd get it."
Howard Fineman
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Richard Wolffe
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