This morning on CNN they were showing live footage of a John Kerry stump speech on education. I thought they only did that for Bush? Maybe now that the news is starting to pay some more attention to Kerry, he can solve that “voters don’t know who the hell I am” problem.

The speech itself was really good, especially considering how boring the subject matter was. Kerry spoke with ease about the problems for women and minorities in higher education, he was quick with numbers without being nerdy like Gore, and he seemed to have a passion for what he was talking about. By peppering his speech with details of his educational plan, he seemed to have a firm grasp on what he wanted to do. Hell, he even fell back on his “band of brothers” shtick and made it sound fresh.

Is he always this good? Most of the times I’d seen him speak were at those senate debate clusterfucks, and those didn’t seem to bring out the best in anybody. If Kerry’s speech at the senate Convention is as good as the speech he gave today, he’ll win this thing in a landslide.