The NY Times reports today that a “rush of entries” in the ‘08 presidential race gives the race “early intensity.” But some of us are still holding out for another entry in the race — John Kerry.

The fact is there are Kerry supporters who are ready, willing and able to stand by Kerry when he throws his hat into the ring. As USA Today reports not all Democrats are convinced that Clinton can win. In the meantime, as we wait for Kerry to make his announcement, let’s take another look back at a “John Kerry in the Limelight Moment,” with a report prepared by FindLaw.com citing a quote from “The Washington Post,” in September 1973, as well as a direct quote from (law professor) Jeffrey Toobin in “The New Yorker” regarding JK’s backup plan entrance into law:

According to “The Washington Post,” in September 1973, “Boston College law professor, Thomas Carey, strode into his first-year torts class and was stunned to see, near the back of one row, “this tall, young fellow I’d been mesmerized by a couple of years earlier testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And there he was, starting off as a regular grunt.”

“Kerry’s path to becoming a prosecutor began in law school. Jeffrey Toobin, in “The New Yorker” quotes Kerry as saying, “I always had a prosecutor’s mind and a prosecutor’s bent. It was always what I wanted to do, even in law school.”

John Kerry’s career as a prosecutor (Assistant District Attorney) in the Massachusetts District Attorney’s Office, Middlesex County, began in 1976, with a promotion in 1978 to First Assistant District Attorney, the top administrator for the District Attorney’s Office, until 1979, when he entered private law practice.

Here is an impressive Massachusetts State Court chart of Major Cases Involving John Kerry, with a Summary of Facts and Results.

Interesting fact: For the 1982 Di Perri medical malpractice trial, Kerry recycled his famous April 22, 1971 question, when he held up color photographs of an oozing sore in the plaintiff’s scalp and demanded of the jury — in an oddly familiar cadence — “How do you ask a man to work with the public with his scalp in this horrendous condition?” The jury agreed with Kerry and the plaintiff was awarded damages of $88,883.89.

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