Kerry having problems staffing 2008 bench

John Kerry, the Democratic Party's 2004 nominee for president, never really stopped running for the office. Unfortunately for Lurch, he was run over by his own train in October by his now infamous "botched joke" about our troops in Iraq.

Although only one Democrat, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, has officially announced joining the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the presumed Democratic 2008 frontrunner ever since Kerry gave his 2004 concession speech in Faneuil Hall. Now Billboard Hot 100 star Barack Obama has muddied the waters a bit.

And that brings us back to Kerry. Hidden in the Fox News article is the news that Phil Singer, a member of Kerry's '04 rapid response team--will join HRC's team "if" she runs.

As the story states:

Singer's leap to Clinton's campaign indicates trouble for Kerry. Prominent Democratic activists in Iowa and New Hampshire told Fox News that the Massachusetts senator is having difficulty re-enlisting many of the supporters who backed his 2004 candidacy.

Kerry had originally intended to make a decision on running again for president and announce it as early as January, but aides say he will hold off on making that decision until late spring.

It looks like John Kerry's 2008 bench is thin. Then again, there may not be a Kerry bench at all next time around.

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