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Veteran Florida journalist and novelist Date (Final Orbit) details both why Graham, a two-term governor and three-term senator, has been such a popular politician in the Sunshine State-and why he has not fulfilled expectations for higher office. While Date emphasizes Graham's reserved, deliberate nature, what also comes through is the senator's ability to succeed using unconventional methods: e.g., while running for governor in 1977, he devised the idea of "workdays," when he would spend a day doing an ordinary job, a campaign strategy that, Date explains, Graham took seriously-and one that he has continued while serving as senator. He's also known for singing at campaign rallies. Date is generally positive about Graham's career, emphasizing his environmental record as governor and his important role as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee after September 11. But Date casts a critical glance at Graham's support for the death penalty and his stance against returning Elián Gonzalez back to Cuba-both positions that Date surmises might have been taken less out of conviction than with an eye toward Florida voters. Date also devotes a chapter to Graham's notebooks-in which the senator dutifully records his every move. It's an unexplained quirk that the media has jumped on whenever Graham has been considered for national office. Graham was the first Democratic candidate to drop out of the 2004 presidential race. Tarcher is hoping for a vice-presidential slot for Graham; otherwise it's hard to see a national market for this well-done bio.
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Graham should of became Kerrys Vice Presidential canidate. I'm sure Kerry got paid to lose, everything about his campaign sucked.

I think that is an unfair accusation. Kerry was not my candidate but he was a good candidate and he is a good man. He worked his ass off to try to get elected, but was tortured in by the right and the media and was brought down. That isn't to say his campaign didn't have flaws; it did. Nevertheless, he is a good democrat and a fighter.

Kerry wasn't my candidate, either, but was far better than what's in there now, the lying fraud who definitely stole 2000 election and more than likely stole 2004 as well.

Kerry would have made a much better president than that thing named Bush who thinks he's pRESIDENT.

But John Kerry is no AL GORE, who is above them all.

Ya know during Fall, I supported Kerry so much... it was unbelievable. I don't think it was so much that I liked him though, but that he was the man to take down Bush. I still think he's a great guy though. The other day I saw Kerry questioning/analyzing one of Bush's new appointed people. He had a cold, but it was a real nice breath of fresh air to see Kerry fighting for us again.

But truely though, Kerry seriously threw a bad campaign. But I don't think you have to view it as a negative. If Bush threw a great campaign with strong support(Arnie, Giuliani, Rove, ect, ect, ect) while Kerry threw a weak campaign and yet Kerry only lost by 3 million votes, then purhaps if we get a better canidate in 2008, we might win the election.