...Kerry ... does have some strong points

He does seem to have an opinion of his own, and appears to be brave enough to call out the President on specific issues. I thought he was little more than a slimy rich boy wannabe until I saw some of his campaigning. (He seems to be getting on cspan a lot...)

I still see him as a "too smooth" politician -- wanting to have it both ways on things like Iraq.

A haircut would _really_ help. He looks like one of those car salesmen that you instinctively run away from because you just know that they're going to hound you with their overbearing 'sincerity' until you sign on the dotted line.

Being the smoothie also, I think, sets him up to get slapped around with the "professional politician" label by the Republicans (none of whom are politicians, of course!)

Possibly.