Not so long ago, everyone--even John Kerry's rivals--assumed that after Labor Day the lanky Massachusetts Senator would be cruising at the front of the Democratic pack. He had the war-hero bio and plenty of foreign policy credibility (perfect for post-9/11 politics), plus prodigious fund-raising abilities, a personal fortune and the best presidential hair since J.F.K. But as Kerry officially announces for President this week--a symbolic political rite that glosses over the fact that he has been running flat-out for a year--the question being asked most is the one a man put to him at a backyard gathering last Thursday night in...
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