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John Kerry
In reply to the discussion: nice description of Sen. Kerry [View all]
Mass
(27,315 posts)16. The first paragraph of this article is a good summary of what I see,
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/08/secretary_kerry
Still, I'm not the only one who knows. One very plugged-in friend of mine says that she's talked to Pete Rouse, the Obama advisor now assembling lists of names for President Barack Obama's second-term cabinet, and he says that Senator John Kerry has the short odds. But a White House correspondent responded by e-mail that, in fact, Kerry is "a long shot," since Obama won't want to risk losing a Senate seat, that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is still the leading candidate, but that national security advisor Tom Donilon "REALLY wants it." Then, the New York Times reports that Donilon doesn't want it, and that Rice is "crippled" because GOP senators will use the confirmation hearing to torture the administration over Benghazi. That's the problem with rumors: Knowledgeable people know things that contradict what other knowledgeable people know.
Which leads me to believe that powerful interests are in play pushing their own people, the usual jockeying game, but I cannot ignore that Kerry has some powerful enemies in the Democratic inner circles, as shown by all the negative unsourced comments that are regularly given to the media.
As I have said earlier, I am fine with Rice. I had hoped she would get the job in 2005 if Kerry was elected and Biden did not want it. But, eventually, it will be Obama's role to choose and these articles are there to create pressure on one candidate or another. Which gets to me is that I do not see all these articles concerning Treasury Secretary, though I shivered ready Knowles' name as a potential candidate, or Defense, both positions that may affect people's daily life more than SoS (which deals more with long term issues). This is what makes me think there are other things in play here.
(Note, I have not read the article, so I do not know what Traub writes about Kerry being a good potential SoS or not.)
There is also a long article pushing Rice in the San Francisco Chronicle and other papers. I have seen very little about Donilon.
Still, I'm not the only one who knows. One very plugged-in friend of mine says that she's talked to Pete Rouse, the Obama advisor now assembling lists of names for President Barack Obama's second-term cabinet, and he says that Senator John Kerry has the short odds. But a White House correspondent responded by e-mail that, in fact, Kerry is "a long shot," since Obama won't want to risk losing a Senate seat, that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is still the leading candidate, but that national security advisor Tom Donilon "REALLY wants it." Then, the New York Times reports that Donilon doesn't want it, and that Rice is "crippled" because GOP senators will use the confirmation hearing to torture the administration over Benghazi. That's the problem with rumors: Knowledgeable people know things that contradict what other knowledgeable people know.
Which leads me to believe that powerful interests are in play pushing their own people, the usual jockeying game, but I cannot ignore that Kerry has some powerful enemies in the Democratic inner circles, as shown by all the negative unsourced comments that are regularly given to the media.
As I have said earlier, I am fine with Rice. I had hoped she would get the job in 2005 if Kerry was elected and Biden did not want it. But, eventually, it will be Obama's role to choose and these articles are there to create pressure on one candidate or another. Which gets to me is that I do not see all these articles concerning Treasury Secretary, though I shivered ready Knowles' name as a potential candidate, or Defense, both positions that may affect people's daily life more than SoS (which deals more with long term issues). This is what makes me think there are other things in play here.
(Note, I have not read the article, so I do not know what Traub writes about Kerry being a good potential SoS or not.)
There is also a long article pushing Rice in the San Francisco Chronicle and other papers. I have seen very little about Donilon.
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I would be happy with either, but hope if Kerry really still strongly wants it that he gets it
karynnj
Nov 2012
#7
Maybe they just want him to be SOS, because he is the best person for this job.
wisteria
Nov 2012
#9
I am so tired of these articles. Who knows what is actually happening. I find unseemly that the
Mass
Nov 2012
#19
Okay, yeah I have had it with people saying he "can't" be SoS because of his Senate seat.
beachmom
Nov 2012
#27