John Kerry

correctly directed.

Right now, my anger is at the media for reporting unsourced rumors. These rumors may be correct, these rumors may be false, I have no clue. Clearly, those people who leaked the fact that Rice was favorite (once again without giving their name) clearly did not want Kerry to be SoS and it was not luck. The San Francisco Chronicle refers to 6 different sources in the current WH and previous WH (whatever that means, probably Obama and Clinton administrations). But it does not make a lot of sense to me if the choice was really done. After Jonathan Karl's question, I do not really see what Obama could have answered other than what he said. He took the time twice to say the choice was not made, but he had to defend Rice and there were reasons to be mad at McCain and Graham. This is absolutely ridiculous.
(I am not saying that Kerry was the favorite, I am saying I am not convinced the choice was made. There was no urgency, particularly if the top two contenders were people well known to the administration).

As far as Rice and her qualifications, be careful. She made no friends with the Clinton camp siding so strongly with Obama in 2007. In addition, there are plenty of people who dislike a woman of power. So, it is had to know what is true or not in the criticism of her diplomatic style.
But this is right: whoever leaked the notion of Kerry at SoD was no Kerry's friend. My immediate reaction was: Why would they want to do that?
I am happy to see MBS's post that he is well. I am sure he will keep busy doing useful things whenever he is, but quite a few media people drove me mad, including Lawrence O' Donnell suggesting that McCain did that so that Scott Brown could get his senate seat back (Well, if this was the reason, McCain is even more loony than he looks. Attacking Rice made this scenario less likely, not more). [BTW, not sure for McCain, but the reason Graham is doing that is to increase his Tea Party creds in advance of 2014: Please, I am one of you, dont primary me!) http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/11/17/1210521/republican-senator-campaigns-on-benghazi-tragedy-ahead-of-2014-election/