Washington Times has a surprisingly fair article on Kerry, reposted in full at Light Up The Darkness:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=840They have the obligatory (for them) attack on Kerry at the end which means little--you can always find someone to say they don't like anyone. Beyond that its a decent article. Here's a portion:
In the Capitol, meanwhile, the man who Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, said was geared towards investigations rather than legislation during his first three Senate terms now is putting a concerted effort into becoming a legislative figure.
He already has passed major parts of his military families' bill of rights, on which he campaigned last year, and is leading a national grass-roots effort for children's health insurance.
"He's been incredibly active. To me, it looks like he picked himself off the mat and kept going," said Kenneth Baer, a former Gore speechwriter and Democratic communications consultant. "He's, in fact, been probably more active since than he was in his 18 years before."
Donna Brazile, who was Mr. Gore's campaign manager in 2000, said Mr. Kerry is in a different situation because he had a public job to return to, while Mr. Gore's defeat left him totally out of government. She said that gives Mr. Kerry an opportunity to build himself into "one of the leading voices of the Democratic Party."