Note to John Kerry. In the name of all that is good and decent, for the good of your party, and for the good of the country, if you are considering a run for the oval office in 2008, please listen to your wife first.
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry may want to consider running for president again in 2008. But his wife, local ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry of Fox Chapel, has made it clear she won’t sit still for another campaign.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” an unidentified Heinz Kerry friend told the Boston Herald. “Teresa will never do it again.”
Granted the article goes on to suggest that Ms. Heinz may not be totally against another run, but I’m hoping that the first sentiment is the one she actually expressed. I guess I think John Kerry might do better to throw his support (and his email list) behind a viable candiate with less “baggage” in 2008.
In a choice between running again and staying married to Teresa, I’m thinking John kicks her to the curb. She didn’t exactly help him out the first time. Heck, he’d probably be more popular if he did divorce her.
After failing to defeat a president with the record of George W. Bush, I’m just not sure Kerry is the right candidate for 2008, with or without Theresa.