“„The toughness, campaign experience and media and political savvy has members of Obama’s team gushing with gratefulness over having Kerry as a political henchman. "He really is doing a great job," said Hari Sevugan, a spokesman for the Illinois Democrat. Added an aide who had worked on the 2004 campaign: "Kerry is a content and happy warrior for Obama. He’s been an extraordinarily effective surrogate, on everything from finding an end to the war to beating the Republican attack machine. He’s hit his stride on many levels."