Why I want Bob Kerrey to lose

It would be much easier for Bob Kerrey to destroy Social Security from inside the Senate!
(Larry Downing/Reuters) This:

Kerrey is adamant about enacting a bipartisan debt-reduction deal like the one the [Gang of Six] has proposed. When I asked him why he thought he could achieve what others have failed, he said, 'I've actually given this a fair amount of thought,' and then he let me in on his theory of success. 'It's got to be somewhat larger. You've got to get it to the 10-, 12-senator range. At that point, you can start to have an impact. '

Given the choice between a "Democrat" that will lend a bipartisan veneer to efforts to dismantle Social Security'the most popular and successful government program in American history'and a Republican that simply reinforces GOP efforts to do so, I'll take the Republican. Easy. Any day of the week.

It's not as if we're losing a voice in the Senate. The seat belongs to outgoing right-wing Democrat Ben Nelson.

The only benefit to Kerrey's candidacy is the millions that the GOP, Karl Rove and the rest of their allies will spend to (inevitably) defeat him. That's money that won't be available to dump on real Democrats like Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown or Tammy Baldwin.