Reply #2: I have seen some interesting actions on Kerry's part

[TayTay]

that indicate some very interesting self-criticism of the 2004 race. The Senator has repeatedly mentioned the problems with the polling places and with getting actual voters to the voting booth and having those votes count. (And he has appeared at two Cap Hill PR things on this.)

Kerry had the CBC (Congressional Black Caucus) over to his Georgetown house to discuss past and future relations with the group and with the communities they represent. The implied content of the discussion was where Kerry went right and wrong with this constituency.

John Kerry repayed a friend and went to LA to endorse Antonio Villaraigosa. The two are friends and I would bet that many trips between DC (or Boston) and LA are in the works. The Hispanic community is extremely important for the future of the Democratic Party.

Sen. Kerry gave $1.5 million to the grassroots efforts for the DNC. I think he knows where the effort went off the tracks last time and I think he has a pretty good idea where the Dems have to reclaim turf.

Kerry recently passed on a chance to criticize Howard Dean, wehn Gov Dean got into a tiny bit of trouble for using partisan language. Kerry said he wouldn't have said what Dean did, but that Dean needs time to adjust to the job and that things will work out. Howard Dean will be the Chairman of the DNC during the 2008 race.

Kerry has kept his campaign sea legs and has made a lot of effort to get out of DC and the Senate and to make speeches that force him to speak with regular voters. There was a perception, once, that Kerry was a poor public speaker and spoke in a way that was inaccessible to average voters. He is not allowing that (perceived?) bad habit to reform.

I have more. Anyone else?