Summary
In picking Sen. John Edwards as his running mate, John Kerry has successfully passed the first of three major tests that could determine whether he reaches the White House.
If he does as well in his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention in Boston and in this fall's debates against President Bush, he'll have an excellent chance of becoming the first northern Democrat to win the White House since another Massachusetts senator with the same initials, John F. Kennedy.See the full content of this document
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Can Edwards Boost Kerry As Lbj Helped Jfk?
Indeed, there are some interesting similarities between Kerry's choice of Edwards and Kennedy's selection in 1960 of Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson.
Both were Northerners who picked Southern r...See the full content of this document
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