Common Ground Common Sense is the continuation of the John Kerry online forum. It is a forum for common ground discussion between moderates, progressives, and pragmatic conservatives. From what I understand, neo-cons and the like, need not apply.

The former administrators of the Kerry forum are in charge and will do a great job. They are doing this to respond to Senator Kerry's call for unity.

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There is much discussion about Senator Kerry's future. I have argued that he is best positioned to run again in 2008. He has the money, he has been thoroughly vetted. Many who voted for Bush were quite prepared to vote for him, there will be a serious case of buyers remorse as this presidency progresses and people will wish we had Kerry instead.

In the meantime, I hope Kerry remains the voice of the Democratic Party. I hope he puts his policy proposals into legistlative action and use his celebrity status to push them. We may only have 44 Democrats, but we have Republicans in very blue or very purple states that see the anger in Democrats and would not be so willing to dismiss them outright. We no longer have to deal with embattled southern Democrats or Daschle types, so the Senators can give Kerry's proposals a full push.