I think Kerry has the chops and the background to be a great Supreme.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

Seriously. Former USA, great Senator,lawyer, legal beagle, knows a lot of sub textural dirt, heart in right place, smart, great intellect.

What's not to love about this? NEVER thought of it until this Hillary for SOS talk. This is a BETTER slot for Kerry.

[NewJeffCT]

1. no offense, but Kerry is too old now

he's what, 65 years old now, or so? Sec of State, or Attorney General if he wants an administration job, or maybe NSA?

He'd be older than Roberts, Alito and Clarence Thomas.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Personally, I don't WANT people putting their imprint on the court for decades

He would get in a good 8 - 10 years, I would guess.

[Lex]

7. Yes, and possibly a Repub President would name his successor?

No way.

[Unsane]

10. Yeah, b/c god forbid a liberal judge could stay around long enough to uphold his own precedent.

:sarcasm:

[RollWithIt]

17. I do, I want the youngest liberals we can find.....

You don't think Roberts isn't going to be on the court for at least 20 years? Alito? Another 20 years. We need to get as many liberals in while we have the opportunity to do so. The 2 Justices who are set to retire are BOTH liberals.

[Hippo_Tron]

35. Okay how else do you propose that we stop the country from descending into theocratic fascism?

Supreme Court appointments are an ideological arms race. While it would be wonderful if both sides would stop fighting this arms race, the right wing is never ever going to. The sooner Democrats realize this, the better.

[NMDemDist2]

2. agreed n/t

[high density]

4. Too old

Alito was born in 1950, Roberts 1955

Kerry 1943

[Unsane]

5. The GOP has taken over the federal judiciary and you want to appoint senior citizens to the Court.

No thanks.

[Flash Bazbo]

6. Diana Ross would never stand for it n/t

[mollymongold]

16. huh?

[Flash Bazbo]

24. It's a joke.

[PBS Poll-435]

38. Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yLMpGPU8A

[fed_up_mother]

8. I don't think politicians make great supreme court justices

Politicians - by their very nature - like the limelight. I don't mean that in a negative way, either.

However, the role of Supreme Court justice is one of great isolation. Sure, they get out and give speeches every now and then, but it's still a very, very different environment.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. He has no judicial experience.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

11. The history of the Supreme Court is filled with examples of those who did not come from judiciary.

It is NOT a requirement.

[Occam Bandage]

23. And most of those were crack Constitutional lawyers. Kerry is not. nt

[TheKentuckian]

12. I think Kerry is qualified and has the temperment for about any position

but I want Supreme court Justices to be about as young as they can be to have an established track record and get confirmed without a war with the Republiscum.

[nomaco-10]

13. All These Clinton, Kerry and Edwards posts....

ARE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE AND ANTI PROGRESSIVE to what the party is trying to do NOW!

Why not join us and advance the policies and platforms of BARACK OBAMA?

WHY ALL THIS DIVISIVENESS?

[ProSense]

14. Kerry has no interest in the Supreme Court.

He's going to be chair of the SFRC.

[Whoa20]

15. he actually did decide in favor of a case,

before he decided against it.

[ProSense]

18. "he actually did decide in favor of a case, before he decided against it."

Wow! Can't imagine why a Hillary supporter would show up her pushing tired right-wing talking points?

[Whoa20]

19. it was the gaffe that gave us four more years

of George W. Bush. Bashing election losers is not "RW talking points," its merely facing the music which was played in November 2004. Kerry makes gaffes all the time, as that military joke could easily have been tweaked to not get taken the wrong way. It could have ended "or you get your troops stuck in Iraq," but Kerry can't think on his feet.

[ProSense]

20. BS. The gaffes/blunders that gave us Obama are

"Nafta gate"

"Sniper gate"

Iran saber rattling.

Nuclear jokes.

Ghandi jokes.

Backstabbing.

Warmongering.

Want links to Hillary's gaffes, one's that have nothing to do with RW spin?

[Whoa20]

25. she didn't give us George Bush or John McCain

as John Kerry gave us McCain. You sound like a left wing zealot, criticizing her for sounding tough on Iran, and "warmongering," which is what Kerry did when he voted for Iraq, according to you and your ilk.

[ProSense]

28. "You sound like a left wing zealot... according to you and your ilk."

Hmmmm! Another Hillary supporter raging against the left.

Hillary's saber rattling during the primary is known to everyone. She makes Kerry look like a peacenik.

[Whoa20]

30. maybe Kerry's perceived weakness on security

helped cost him the 2004 election, considering a draft dodger frat boy was seen as tougher than he was. Kerry was not trusted to handle terrorism by http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html 58-40.

[ProSense]

31. Yeah, Bush has done a wonderful job, huh?

Maybe some Americans are stupid and some were duped.

Maybe some still are.

[Whoa20]

32. it doesn't mean

Kerry was right to lose security voters as bad as he did. He could have gotten them by just a few more points and won the election.

[Occam Bandage]

21. Kerry is going to be chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That is where he belongs. nt

[wisteria]

34. Kerry belongs anywhere he want to belong. I think he would be wonderful as SOS.

Clinton absolutely not. She hasn't even been a senator that long. She belongs in the Senate not in a post for SOS.

[ecstatic]

22. That's a job for introverts

I don't think Kerry would enjoy that.

[EC]

26. Better AG

We'd get convictions of * and crew with him as AG...

[nomorewhopper]

27. KERRY FOR SEC. OF STATE!

[wisteria]

36. I second that- Kerry all the way. n/t

[wisteria]

29. Your right, Kerry is a much better fit.

If Obama really is considering Hillary for this position than I think Kerry is way over qualified for this. Frankly, this is getting silly.

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[marimour]

37. JUDGES PEOPLE. We need people who acutally know how to do this....

not some politician who has never written an opinion and didn't even practice constitutional law. I'm a lawyer, but just being a lawyer does not make you qualified. We need people who actually know the constitution inside out. Nominating any politician or non-judge at best would be another Harriet Miers and at worse would give us the left's version of Clarence Thomas, who never asks a question and can barely write a proper opinion. I think people underestimate what it takes to actually be a Supreme Court Justice.