Should John Kerry be elected, I have no doubt that vocational schools will spring up to retrain Kremlinologists to be Kerryologists.

As near as I can figure out, Kerry is promising that his somewhat secret immigration reform plan (a.k.a. a general amnesty for millions of illegal aliens) will solve all present and future immigration-related problems. And, specifically, the Protect Arizona Now initiative will no longer be necessary under Kerry's Plan.

Other things I think I understand:

- states can decide for themselves whether to have PAN-style initiatives or not. However, under the Grand Plan, PAN and other similar initiatives would not be necessary

- the Feds bear some responsibility to pay for illegal alien services, but that might not translate into disbursing money

- there will be a "a decent, fair, realistic guest worker program"

- there will be more border security and more enforcement against those who employ illegal aliens. The fact that both were promised as part of the 1986 amnesty and then gutted by Kerry's less liberal colleague Teddy Kennedy apparently didn't come up in his speech

The quotes in the article "Kerry says immigrant aid up to states" provide a little more information for the aspiring Kerryologist:

Kerry said Sunday his immigration proposal would include tighter border security and tougher enforcement against employers who hire illegal immigrants.

"When I say broad reform, I'm not talking about just trying to please one group or the other," Kerry said. "I'm talking about comprehensive reform, which means border security. It means application of the law with respect to hiring illegally. It means earned legalization so that we are dealing fairly with people. We need a decent, realistic, fair guest worker program.

"Unless you do all of these comprehensively, the governors and everybody else are just swimming upstream." Kerry sidestepped the issue of whether he would guarantee the federal government would fully reimburse states for their costs of dealing with illegal immigration, such as prison and hospital care. "We have to look at it on a state-by-state basis, and see if we need assistance," said Kerry, who did thenews briefing with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at his side.

"The governor has raised the issue with me. I'm very aware of what the pressures are in your budget here because of it. I think the federal government bears some responsibility, but what kind of formula or how we will work it out remains to be seen," Kerry said. Napolitano said after her brief appearance with Kerry that she understands his answer, given the huge federal deficit.

I'm vaguely reminded of the small part of the Foundation Trilogy where some kind of ambassador comes to some settlement and spends a few days meeting and greeting. After he leaves, they analyze everything he said and they come to the conclusion that he said absolutely nothing.