2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I've never understood why Kerry did not face the same level of wrath from Democrats over [View all]karynnj
(59,519 posts)I, for one, did not get how so many of his supporters were oblivious of his pro war 2004 positions. In 2004, only Lieberman was more for the war in late 2003.
His platform on most issues in 2007 looked more like the Kerry campaign in 2004 than his own - with Iraq changing to a position that was his, less well conceived, alternative to Kerry/Feingold.
In his case, the vote I most hold him responsible for was the bankruptcy bill of 2001. He was a very junior Senator, but he had been a trial lawyer and Elizabeth a bankruptcy lawyer. This went against the heart of their campaign. They knew how much worse this bill would make things. Politically, this was a bill that he could passionately speak of having voted against even in a purple state.