The Kerry Campaign seems to have realized that their guy needed to be sequestered for a few days, so he could regroup and try to get his political footing back after a disastrous week or so.
Surely, they must be gritting their teeth that he can't even manage to keep from generating negative press in a setting that usually produces vacuous feel-good stories about a candidate's down time:
The more people see of this guy, the less likable he becomes.The image-conscious candidate and his aides prevailed upon reporters and photographers to let him have a first run down the mountain solo, except for two agents and Marvin Nicholson, his omnipresent right-hand man.
His next trip down, a reporter and a camera crew were allowed to follow along on skis — just in time to see Mr. Kerry taken out by one of the Secret Service men, who had inadvertently moved into his path, sending him into the snow.
When asked about the mishap a moment later, he said sharply, "I don't fall down," then used an expletive to describe the agent who "knocked me over."
The campaign's best hope may be to lock him in the ski lodge and let the eventual Veep candidate do all the public appearances.
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