JOHN KERRY on Short List for Secretary of State

[spooked]

talking about it on Thomm Hartmann's show...WONDERFUL IDEA don't you think!?

[NightWatcher]

1. let's not "cannibalize the Congress" to fill the cabinet. We need strong Senators in office

[ColbertWatcher]

20. I agree, especially considering Kennedy's health. n/t

[liberalmuse]

2. Yes!

Wouldn't any Senate position be replaced w/another person from the same party? I have forgotten how it works. Doesn't the state's Governor select the new Senator?

[Muttocracy]

3. I think he would be fantastic for it, but hate to lose him as a Senator - he'll be SFRC chair

I assume, with Biden out and Dodd heading other committee (and I'd maybe like Majority Leader for Dodd)

[spooked]

4. Kerry's on the Short List

http://wbztv.com/local/john.kerry.secretary.2.856786.html

"Kerry is on his short list"

"Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, selected Obama to deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston."

If Kerry left the Senate for a cabinet post, a special election would be held - most likely in the spring, according to Keller.

[shraby]

5. We need every senator we have to stay in the senate.

There is a lot of legislation that needs to be passed. If we weaken the senate, we won't get it done.

[Roy]

16. Especiall strong senators....

who can take an issue down to the nuts and bolts of that issue, and illicit good answers to base future policy on.

[TwixVoy]

18. Kerry is from MA

Do you really think there is a chance in hell he would be replaced with a repub?

[ColbertWatcher]

19. Mitt Romney was gov of Mass. n/t

[AlCzervik]

6. Or Attorney General.

[Mojorabbit]

7. I can better see him as AG

as I cannot picture him as SoS.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I like Richardson for Secy of State. BTW...any Dem choice will get jumped on by MSNBC newsmodels.

They were being sharp about Emanuel being selected as chief of staff. That is such fucking bullshit.

[lies and propaganda]

9. yes, Richardson would be great!

and hes pro medicinal marijuana and I would love to have his foot in the door!

[crickets]

17. Agreed. Richardson would be a great choice for SoS. -nt

[raysr]

10. Bill Clinton Secretary of State. Peace in the world is possible.

[LiberalHeart]

11. I second that.

[raysr]

12. Hillary Clinton for Majority Leader Senate.

She'll keep 'em united!!!

[NeedleCast]

13. Meh...I would rather some fresher faces be brought in

I don't have an issue with Kerry, but I think we could do better.

[SoCalDem]

14. Me too.. and because he has run for president a few times

there are miles of tape out "there" with many ambiguous statements of his, and plenty of anti-Kerry crap from the Bushies.. Kerry is better off being the "senior" senator from Massachesetts, and helping guide the eventual Kennedy replacement.

Kerry's pedantic "senatorial" style of speech is boring²

I would like to see Obama offer and get mccain to agree to be Sec of the Navy..or maybe even head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. that would allow Napolitano to appoint a dem to his spot.. John can't be feeling all that much love for the republican party about now, and he is likely to be only going through the motions until 2010, when he'll probably retire..

[lonestarnot]

15. Who else is on the list?