Kerry Finally Gets It

John Kerry has had an epiphany. According to sources cited by the Globe, the senator will not seek re-defeat for the presidency in 2008. The very idea of him running again was laughable to anyone outside his immediate family, and it must have taken strong hints from many of his Democrat colleagues to convince the French-looking politician not to run.

Amusingly, the Globe's sources think that the "botched joke" was pivotal:

According to Kerry associates, the senator's plans changed dramatically in the fallout of his election-eve ``botched joke" about the education levels of US troops. The harsh reaction to that incident -- from many Democrats as well as Republicans -- displayed to Kerry the extreme skepticism within his own party about whether he should mount another run.

To most of us, the very idea of another Kerry candidacy was a botched joke in and of itself.

Hat tip to Drudge.