Here’s a press release from the Kerry campaign, touting Kerry’s ability to protect and improve America better than President Bush.

Oh. Sorry. My mistake. It’s not a Kerry press release. It’s an Associated Press news report.

Kerry Vows Stronger U.S. With Nomination.

BOSTON - John Kerry lays claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, his moment to have a conversation with Americans and convince them he can protect them from terrorism and improve their lives better than President Bush.

In a curtain raiser, running mate John Edwards praised Kerry as a born leader tested in Vietnam and now ready to protect the country in the age of terrorism.

“He wants to serve you — your cause is his cause,” Edwards said Wednesday night as a parade of Democrats tried to focus voters’ attention on Kerry’s qualifications to be commander in chief.’

Edwards was out early Thursday trying to swell the momentum for Kerry’s speech He had breakfast with delegates from Wyoming, Alabama and his home state of North Carolina, thanking them for their chants of support the night before.

“Do exactly the same thing for John Kerry,” he urged. “The truth is, we can’t do this without you. We need you out there working, organizing, getting people to the polls.”

Kerry did the same with his arrival Wednesday, taking a slow ferry across Boston Harbor with crewmates on the swiftboat that he commanded in the Mekong Delta as a young Navy officer in a war he later condemned.