Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) (R) and his running mate Senator John Edwards (D-NC) wave to the crowd at a rally in Denver, Colorado, July 23, 2004. Kerry and Edwards will be formally anointed next week at the Democratic convention in Boston as the party's challengers to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the November 2 election. REUTERS/Jim Young US ELECTION JY