You Can Call Me Ray, and You Can Call Me Jay, But You Best Not Call Me "Front-Runner"

Who's the Front-Runner? Not Me, Says Kerry

Indeed, the mere use of the word is enough to send the senator and his advisers into a full-blown tizzy. It is like the elephant in the room. Everybody, most of all Mr. Kerry, knows he is the leader of the Democratic pack. He just will not say so.

On the one hand, understandable: he doesn't want to look like he's gloating, especially since his first go 'round as "front-runner' didn't go so well. Presumably after Super Tuesday he will stop playing this game, however.