They'll like you when you AREN'T running

John Kerry draws a nice crowd in South Carolina and Lee Bandy gets as excited as anyone can get in August in the Midlands. Kerry lost by 16 points last time, he won't care about the state the next time if he's the nominee. It'd be like George Allen campaigning in downtown San Francisco. I know this, you know this, and the American people know this. And Dick Harpootlian as usual has the best quote:

Nationally, Kerry came close to winning. He has said he would be in the White House today if 60,000 Ohioans had switched votes.
To which Harpootlian responded, “Yeah, if Napoleon had had B-52 bombers, we’d all be speaking French.”