Not the hero the Democrats need, but the hero they deserve.
During the conversation, according to the report, Kerry asked Agha to convey a message to Abbas and ask him to “hold on and be strong.” Tell him, he told Agha, “that he should stay strong in his spirit and play for time, that he will not break and will not yield to President [Donald] Trump’s demands.”
According to Kerry, Trump will not remain in office for a long time. It was reported that Kerry said that within a year there was a good chance that Trump would not be in the White House.
He surprised his interlocutor by saying he was seriously considering running for president in 2020. When asked about his advanced age, he said he was not much older than Trump and would not have an age problem.
Then again, Trump hasn't been known to ride a pink bike around the parking lot while humming the theme from MASH.
But yes, clearly what the Democrats need in this race is...
1. A candidate who already lost a national election by having his patriotism successfully questioned
2. A politician who posted the worst numbers of any Dem this century. Worse than Al Gore or Hillary Clinton. Kerry was the only Dem to lose the popular vote this century.
3. Running a failed presidential candidate, former Senator and Obama's former Secretary of State worked so well in '16 that the Dems should feel bound to do it again.
And it's not as if John Edwards is doing anything else. He can come out of retirement for a full ticket reunion.
Does Kerry really think he has a shot? Or is he just angling for another shot at Secretary of State? Does he really hate America and Israel that much? Either way, it's not as if Kerry has anything left to lose. His political career is otherwise over. If he runs and loses in the primaries, he can be on line to endorse the winner, and if he or she wins, John is back at State. If he wins the nomination, clearly his party has a death wish. And then we can enjoy hours of Trump mocking and ridiculing Kerry. So long as no embarassing photos of him playing soccer or crawling through a tube come out.