Wait, could John Kerry run for president again?
John Kerry, windsurf on down! It’s your turn to play the 2016 presidential Democratic speculation go-round!
The New York Times reports today that “some’’ Democrats were “intrigued’’ by a meeting Kerry had with billionaire David Rubenstein recently, a person the Times describes as “the sort of Washington wise man Mr. Kerry might consult if he were mulling another run.’’
That’s about the extent of the evidence presented that Kerry wants to be president, or that people would vote for him.
The Times cites “friends’’ saying he has no interest in another run. The Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts has repeatedly said he has “zero’’ interest in a presidential campaign and that he has no inklings to get into the race.
Kerry is just the latest object of speculation from Democrats wary of Hillary Clinton’s low likability and Bernie Sanders’s embrace of socialism. Kerry joins Al Gore and Mike Dukakis as former presidential losers that have had to tamp down fleeting interest in another run.
So without Kerry, where will speculation turn next? Say hello to Walter Mondale 2016!
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