Interesting question for Kerry

Orrin Judd has an interesting article about Kerry.

Will John Kerry resign from the Senate while he is running for President?

If he does and looses, he will be unemployed. If he doesn't, he is open to the charge he isn't all that sure he can win (keeping a safety net) and/or that he will be short changing his constituents in Massachusetts by missing votes.

When Bob Dole locked up the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996, he resigned from the Senate, a move that surprised everybody and basically said either he was going to get promoted (from Senator to President) or retire. He retired.

Of course, the current Governor of Massachusetts is a Republican and would appoint a Republican to replace Kerry, which would not make the Democrats happy. But also, the Senate leadership will try to have votes on hot button issues (same sex marriage, Social Security etc.) which would cause Kerry trouble. So he is in a catch 22, stay in the Senate and be open to a lot of criticism or resign to concentrate on the campaign and give the Republicans a bigger majority in the Senate.