Senator John Kerry

If anything prepares you to be president, it's being a Red Sox fan.

If anything prepares you to be president, it's being a Red Sox fan.

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the read more

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.

So much promise stretches before us. Americans have always reached for the impossible, looked to the next horizon and asked, read more

So much promise stretches before us. Americans have always reached for the impossible, looked to the next horizon and asked, "What if?"

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to read more

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You read more

It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.