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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Kerry: Obama is a "very powerful communicator"
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, Sunday heaped praise on a potential rival for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, calling freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama "a very interesting and very powerful communicator with a great deal of skill." But Kerry brushed aside questions about possibly running against Obama by saying it "is a free country" and noting that the Illinois senator will have to decide if he is "ready to run," during an interview on ABC's "This Week." Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston where Kerry was nominated to be his party's presidential nominee. "I think my confidence in him has been obviously ratified," Kerry said. "I like what he's doing." -- CNN Political Editor Mark Preston
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