John Kerry in 2012 spotlight [View all]

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It of course focuses a lot on the SoS position (Politico's lens), but explains how Kerry could be useful against Romney (take a deep breath before reading the sentence comparing Romney to Kerry!)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75725.html

Another presidential campaign is in full swing. A fresh set of foreign policy issues is at stake. And once again, John Kerry is reporting for duty.
The Obama campaign is ready to deploy Kerry as a top surrogate on foreign policy and national security this year, a natural task for the 68-year-old Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, whom many party strategists see as a nearly perfect foil for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

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Most important to party strategists is that regardless of Kerry’s ultimate motivation, he’s a guy who can score points against Romney. The two Massachusetts pols have plenty in common: Romney has been compared to Kerry repeatedly this year for his vast wealth, wooden style and reputation for ideological flexibility.
The hope is Kerry can take apart Romney’s Bay State record as few others can.
With Obama’s defense record one of his selling points — and Romney’s Massachusetts governorship a ripe target — Democrats believe Kerry is uniquely positioned to take the fight to Romney on issues from Baghdad to Braintree.
“John Kerry is one of the president’s closest allies on foreign policy and is the leading voice on those issues in the Senate,” said Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter. “So he’s uniquely qualified to talk about the president’s record in keeping the country safe and restoring our strength in the world and what the stakes are if we reverse course and go back to the same policies of the last administration.”


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