He's getting better every day.

The Seattle P-I's Joel Connelly got a little face time with John Kerry on the night of the New Hampshire primary, and compares JK's experience in the retail politics atmosphere of Iowa and New Hampshire to the kind of transformative effect campaigning in West Virgina had on that other Massachusetts liberal 40 some years ago.

"I found myself listening to families in Iowa and New Hampshire, of people barely making ends meet, struggling to keep health coverage, playing by the rules -- and feeling cheated by powerful interests in Washington, D.C.," Kerry said in an interview.

"If that kind of experience doesn't motivate and energize you, then you should get out of this business."

He's motivated, he's energized, and he's got a long way to go in this business.