John Kerry is not going to stand for president, ok?

So intense and competitive is the Democratic presidential race that when an NBC "analyst" overheard what he thought was Kohn Kerry, former secretary of state and 2004 failed presidential candidate, musing over the phone about what he would need to do if he belatedly put his name into the ring, the US broadcaster made a big story about it in the morning news. An overhead private telephone conversation? A bit naughty that. Kerry, vey tall and with tons of grey thatched hair, was supposedly chatting about the concern over the rise of Bernie Sanders and how he seemed to be in poll position to win Iowa. When Kerry saw the news breaking he went ballistic. He said the whole thing was rubbish, he had no intention of bouncing into the campaign, apart from continuing to support and campaign for Joe Biden, his friend. In one news report he was said to have claimed it was "f..... false" and in another that it was "categorically false". Either way we get the picture. Kerry then added that the report was wrong and misinterpreted because the NBC analyst had not heard what was being said the other end of the phone. Well, the guy heard what he heard, although I don't think it was very professional of NBC just to air the alleged contents of one half of the phone conversation. But whatever the truth of the Kerry chat, the story did underline the growing worry among the Democratic Party estabishment about the popularity of Bernie Sanders who is far too lefty with his socialism for the grandees of the party. It was the same when Sanders was standing for the nnomination against Hillary Clinton in 2016. And of course as everyone knows there was a fair bit of underhand skulduggery deployed to blow his campaign out of the water. Sanders lost the nomination and felt he had been plotted against by his own party. He was! The latest polls show that he is going to beat Biden in the Iowa caucuses. My hope for Amy Klobuchar to do well looks a bit optimistic if the polls are to be believed. But if Biden comes a close second and Klobuchar moves up the list with a good showing, then it could be argued that a Biden/Klobuchar ticket might be the one to watch. It's already being rumoured down in Iowa, but it's still early days for talking about potential vice presidential candidates. A big vote for Bernie Sanders would definitely be a slap in the face for the establishment Democrats, and that alleged conversation between John Kerry and his mate down the line might suddenly reemerge as a turning point for the party. Not because Kerry will throw his hat in the ring because that would screw up Biden's momentum. But because it will force the party big cheeses to consider the options for stopping Sanders from winning the nomination. Perhaps they should consult Hillary!