HEY, SOMEONE'S ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE KERRY CANDIDACY! (via David Hill, The Bronx)

Republican speakers welcome Kerry's presence on ticket: Democrat will help GOP in state House, conventioneers told (AL CROSS, 6/06/04, The Louisville Courier-Journal)

Democratic candidates in Kentucky this fall are in trouble because they will be on a ticket headed by liberal Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, state Republican leaders told the party faithful yesterday at the state GOP convention.

"I am so happy John Kerry is running for the Democrats. It should make our job easier here in Kentucky," said U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, who will appear on the Republican ticket immediately after Kerry's opponent, President Bush.