Kerry considering 2008 run:will decide before the year is out [View All]

FORMER Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said today he was seriously thinking about another White House bid in 2008 and will decide before the year is out. "I will make that decision toward the end of the year, but I'm thinking about it hard," Mr Kerry said in response to a question at the Latin Economic Forum at the United Nations.

"If you can help me find 60,000 votes in Ohio ...," he joked, referring to the close race in that state on which his 2004 loss to US President George W. Bush hinged. Mr Kerry, a US senator from Massachusetts, has criticised Mr Bush on a range of issues, particularly the war in Iraq.

Today, he focused on Latin America, saying Mr Bush lost interest in the region after the September 11 attacks.
"Relations between the United States and Latin America today are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War," Mr Kerry said.

Other Democrats seen as potentially seeking the nomination include US Senator Hillary Clinton, former Virginia Governor Mark Warner and Mr Kerry's former running mate, John Edwards.

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