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Ted Kennedy: The Country Hasn't Moved Right
Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy says the conventional wisdom that America has turned conservative in recent years is just plain wrong - so much so that the country may finally be ready to make Sen. John Kerry president. Kennedy tells the Boston Globe that he detects no rightward drift despite a string of national Republican victories. "People haven't lost their sense of compassion, they haven't lost their sense of decency, they haven't lost their sense of fairness," he argues. And he offers President Bush as the best example that conservatives aren't really in control. "Anybody that would say that this is a conservative administration, when it has handled the finances of this nation the way it has, it would be mischaracterizing what the current situation is," he insists.
Story Continues Below Does this mean fellow Bay Stater John Kerry will have better luck the second time around if he decides to make another run at the White House? "I think John's learned a lot," Kennedy tells the Globe. "I think he'd be a better candidate now than he was last time." "The American people, they want authenticity and leadership and strength," the senior Democrat says. "You have to gain the confidence of the American people about . . . the challenges we are facing here." Editor's note:
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