Pity the fool who goes up against John Kerry in a debate. Even in the most beneficial circumstances for his opponents, the good Senator has debated each and everyone of them right under the table. Just ask Governor William Weld, whose 1996 challenge for Senator Kerry's seat began promisingly enough, but ended in defeat after having been out-debated by JK a total of eight times. The stuff of legend in Massachusetts!

On Sunday, Governor Ed Rendell was precicely that fool, and I mean this kindly and with empathy. It certainly did not help him that he had to do what Clinton surrogates and supporters have been forced to resort to these days - stretching, bending, and twisting, in order to make it appear as though their candidate is worthy and certainly still has a legitimate shot at the nomination.

No offense, but Governor Rendell is too old and too dignified for the acrobatics he was forced to engage in during his appearance on This Week with George Stephanopolous:

JK rightly pointed out that the Clinton camp keeps shifting the goal posts after each contest, and he would have none of Governor Rendell's insinuating that the Obama camp was content with slinging mud over Bosnia, stating that Senator Clinton was all too happy to grant an interview to her former arch nemesis Scaife's Pittsburgh Tribune Review, in which she had no qualms about bringing up Reverend Wright.

In all fairness, though: This was not an even fight. Senator Kerry had common sense and logic on his side, and Governor Rendell did not, because these days, in order to be a part of the Clinton team, one must dispense with both commodities.

Case in point - Ed's asinine claim that Fox News is the most objective network when it comes to Hillary Clinton.

Ed, has it ever occurred to you that Fox might have an agenda? That their pushing Hillary might be likened to Limbaugh's advocating that Republicans vote for her in the Democratic Primaries to 'bloody Obama', as he puts it? Far be it from me to attribute sinister motives to Fox News, but if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck....

Still, there is hope for Ed, because as I said, he is a good and honorable guy. Once freed from the shackles of Clinton surrogacy, I am positive he will become a worthy spokesperson for our nominee Barack Obama.