If Kerry wins, it will be more damaging to the Democratic Party than a landslide defeat. They need a candidate who supports some Democratic Party stances and some beliefs that are common to most Americans. Additionally, (s)he needs to support these positions because (s)he actually believes in them, not because it looks good at the podium and gets poll numbers up.
The only thing the Democrats could have done that is worse than running Kerry is to run Clinton.
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