Every once in a while, the netroots take positions that are just inexplicable; presently, for example, Kos is going after John Kerry to give more money to candidates and committees across the country. Kerry, fairly or not, makes a satisfying target for many Democrats still bitter over various aspects of the 2004 campaign. For the record, I still think he would have made potentially one of our greatest Presidents ever, and not just in comparison with the appalling spectacle of decadence, criminality and decline that is the present administration. What irks me is this criticism of Kerry, because he has been front and center for our candidates, raising somewhere in the neighborhood of eleven million dollars for worthwhile races, including Jim Webb's in Virginia, Joe Sestak's in Pennsylvania, and so on. One suggestion I'd make to campaigns across the country trying to raise money is this simple: call John Kerry. Odds are that he'll help. I'm all for calling out lazy Dems, but Kerry isn't one of them.