Senator John Kerry (D-MA)With Kerry finishing fourth (behind Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and John Edwards) in polls for the Democratic primary, and still known for his loss to Bush in the 2004 election, his chances do not look good in 2008. However, although he bores supporters in his home state of Massachusetts, Des Moines register pundit David Yepsen reports that his style is "...sharper and more populist" and his speeches have "...more humor than the wonkish dissertations he served up four years ago." The Bush campaign framed Kerry as being a wooden, out-of-the-loop, Massachusetts liberal, and was able to scare Christian evangelicals into voting for Bush. If Kerry can get some of the charisma and humor that made Bush appeal to the average american, than he has a much better chance.
As for Romney, Yepsen reported that a Republican activist compared 
him to Reagan. Although Romney is under fire in his home state for the Big Dig fiasco, the Iowa Reagan comparison should be taken seriously. First of all, Many republicans idolize Reagan, and think of him as the ideal president. For an activist who really knows to make this comparison means that Romney probably will do better than his single digit polling results suggest.
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