Barack Obama will debate his party’s 2004 presidential nominee, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, in order to prepare for the fall debates with Mitt Romney, his campaign says:
Kerry will help Obama prepare for among
the most consequential events of his reelection campaign — the three
fall debates against Romney. As the senior senator from Massachusetts,
Kerry has studied Romney’s career and campaign style for nearly two
decades and has first-hand knowledge of his record as governor.
Kerry has long been considered one of the
Democratic Party’s most skilled debaters, and his performances in more
than 25 debates in the 2004 race earned plaudits. Some credited his
strong debates against President George W. Bush with tightening the race
in the closing weeks of the 2004 campaign.
