Dr. Tyler; Captain America

I wonder if it becomes hot when you have more than 10 replies in it.

no, it's actually trolling

"I... am John Kerry.... and I... am running... for president... of this country... and I... am better... than the president... we currently... have." Does he still do that?

i see someone lurking in this thread. find out the answer.

anyone know?

wait, what makes something a hot thread?

yes

No... The story is STILL DEVELOPING.......................................

Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. Drudge is at least as credible as the NY Times! He's never wrong. Kerry must've simply changed his mind since then!

Pretty sure they've lived there since he played there in the early 90's.

Yeah, that's what I mean. I haven't seen any definitive article or figures that explains any of this. I still have to imagine Bush has Kerry beat in fundraising, and thus, this announcement and how the media percieves it is critical to his campaign.

In what, cash on hand? I'm positive Bush has raised more total money than Kerry, but it wouldn't surprise me if he pissed it all away with his damage control ads. Do you have a source for this? I'd be curious to see the actual numbers. I know Kerry broke fundraising records by carting his decaying ass around the nation nonstop last quarter, but I didn't actually see the numbers comparison.

If he gets yet another fundraising bounce from the polls, though, he could possibly achieve financial parity with the Shrub. Especially since Bush has burned a ridiculous amount of money already.

I doubt Pittsburgh will make any big aquisitions if there is no miracle where the Players Union accepts an owner-friendly CBA. They probably want to keep costs down until there is some semblance of profit sharing. That being said, Kovalev and Recchi both loved it in the 'Burgh during their stints, and if they'd take a pay cut, it wouldn't shock me to see either of them in black and gold. I can just imagine a line with Lemieux, Kovalev, and Malkin... *salivates* Malkin in the center, Lemieux and Kovalev on the wings. Jesus, that line would score. If Malkin is ready, anyways.

PA is now the huge battleground state ohemgee and both sides should be campaigning there heavily. Enjoy

Yeah, but the polls will matter for about two weeks here. This is the end of the fundraising period, and Kerry needs all he can get; the bump in the polls probably will facilitate that end.

God... if Kerry's first move as the nominee isn't to dump McAuliffe, he's a friggin' fool.

And who can forget Drudge's breathless exclaimation that "IT'S HILLARY IT'S HILLARY I KNEW IT HILLARY HILL CLINTON CLENIS CLONTTONNNNN"

It shouldn't surprise anyone if they do, considering Kerry is leading right now. Last projections I heard were that Kerry is up something like 281-250something. Wiith Edwards on the ticket now, he should get a bounce into the three hundreds in projected electoral votes, and it puts both of the Carolinas in play. That doesn't mean he'll win them, but it puts them in play.

He probably would've picked Tom Harkin as his VP, the Senator from Iowa who kicked off Dean's string of endorsements from major political figures. Harkin campaigned hard for Dean, and it hurt him tremendously when Dean couldn't even carry Iowa; if he had, Harkin would've been the perfect pick. He's charismatic and enormously popular, and his (fairly) progressive politics would've shored up the base. His midwest heritage would, theoretically, given him some appeal in that region as well. About this pick: well, I've been wrong before, and I'm wrong again. I was sort of hoping for a surprise VP pick that no one had predicted (that includes Dean; there was a significant faction of the left that suggested the Good Doctor to nullify the Nader effect, so that wouldn't have surprised me much either, per se) just for the sake of surprising us all and increasing the positive media coverage for Kerry. This will still provide a great bump in the polls for him, as many people have wanted him to pick Edwards for a while now. I have supported Edwards pretty consistently from the start (he was always my second choice), and I still like him today. Standing up against Cheney in the debates, Edwards should make Kerry's ticket look pretty damned good.

He's already chosen not to seek re-election in the senate.

ewjeopwijtrwf FIFTEEN POINTS? PWAH! Soooomebody's lowering expectations.

He actually never said he'd announce Tuesday, that was a rumor leaked from inside the campaign. If he was smart, he'd hold off since it's currently the lead story on CNN.com. If they keep feeding rumors to the press about one different VP candidate and then another, he can get a lot of press out of this, and then announce it before it dies down. Then, the news coverage will shift to the convention preview(after the 2-3 day bounce and talk about the VP selection, provided it's not a bore like Vilsack or Gephardt), and then the conventions themselves, where the challenger usually gets a pretty big bump in the polls as it is. If he plays his cards right here, he could probably rattle off a pretty good three week stretch and get a metric assload of fundraising done before the conventions and "real" campaigning kicks in.

Pittsburgh might not be so bad in a few years. They found a diamond in the rough last year with Ryan Malone (an almost ROY candidate) and a stellar finish. They drafted a big, strong defenseman with the #5 pick in 2002, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury last year with the first pick, and Evgeni Malkin this year with the second pick; those three should be a solid core of players to build a team around in the near future. If the owners get a favorable CBA, it's very possible that they could contend in a few years (provided Malkin continues to improve and puts a few pounds on his skinny ass frame). The slots referendum getting passed could have put together the final pieces of the puzzle for this team's revival (and, ironically, survival). This was a team that is three years removed from the Eastern Conference Finals; it has a young and fairly innovative coach in Eddie Olczyk, and a saavy GM in Craig Patrick who had put together a consistently impressive run of playoff appearances in the 90's before the team ran into financial trouble. They'll be alright, provided they get their arena and the prospects pan out as they should.

My prediction is that he waits a week before he announces it.