Can Teresa be Kerry's last secret weapon? Will Teresa save Kerry? Read
this Globe article:
He has a big new bus, a bright new manager, and a brand-new slogan, but the freshest moments of Senator John F. Kerry's retooled presidential bid came last week courtesy of an old, familiar face.
If the debut of a pricey TV ad underscores Kerry's precipitous drop in the polls here, the return of Teresa Heinz Kerry to the campaign trail may prove to be his single best hope for arresting that slide.
With her wild, flyaway hair and casual manner, she is the anti-Kerry, as comfortable in a Dominican barbershop as she is in the brown suede heels she wears on a walking tour of this city's small Latino neighborhood.
The campaign staff that trails her down Union Street looks as conspicuous with its cellphones and Burberry handbags as Heinz Kerry looks at home, despite the Chanel pouch that dangles from her shoulder.
Her ease is so clearly a matter of temperament, not political calculation, that she disarms even those most prepared to dismiss her in this three-block enclave of bodegas, Latin restaurants, and gift shops.
What's your opinion? Can Teresa save Kerry?