KERRY'S NEMESIS. My former Phoenix colleague Jon Keller, of WLVI-TV (Channel 56), has been nominated for a New England Emmy for his half-hour special of last November, "John Kerry: One Reporter's Journal." Keller also got an Emmy nomination in the reporting category.

Somehow I don't think the senator will be attending the awards banquet.

A few months ago Keller and I debated the merits of Kerry's presidential candidacy on the New Republic's website. You can read it here if you're a subscriber.

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