The Red Pill

In the same Meet the Press interview, John Kerry fails to promise that he can really deliver on his claim to create 10 million new jobs - forgetting for the moment that at the current unemployment rate there are less than that many unemployed people in the country - if "something bad" happens or "we are at war". Imagine that.

Russert also asks Kerry if he will pledge not to seek re-election in 2008 should he become president and fail to meet his goals of creating 10 million new jobs and halving the deficit. His answer:

Well, it would depend on the circumstances. If I don't [succeed] because there's a war or something terrible happens, of course I'm not going to make that pledge.