Obama turns to Senator Kerry for Romney debate prep

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will turn to another tall politician from Massachusetts to play his Republican rival Mitt Romney when he rehearses for this year@@@s presidential campaign debates: Democratic US Senator John Kerry.
Kerry is a veteran of presidential election debates, after narrowly losing the 2004 election to Republican George W. Bush, the incumbent. He is considered one of the Democratic Party@@@s best debaters.
A source familiar with Kerry@@@s role confirmed he had been tapped to help Obama prepare for his three debates against Romney this autumn, after The Washington Post reported the campaign@@@s plan on Monday.
Kerry is the senior senator from Massachusetts, where Romney was governor from 2003 to 2007, and served as a surrogate for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, when he defeated Romney in the 1994 US Senate race.
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