• jeffery mcnary said:

  i'd bet on ms. rice. she's crisp, experinced, and "new york fine", yes?

  October 6, 2008 11:14 AM

• MAWC said:

  Well, I hope you are wrong about Kerry. He would be excellent in this position and I think in fairness it should go to him.

  It seems as if Kerry ran for president, came so close, backed Obama early on and took th heat for it from the Clinton camp and all he getsw is the shaft. I will be very disappointed in Obama if he doesn't chose him.

  October 6, 2008 12:06 PM

• Luftmensch said:

  I agree with MAWC that Kerry has worked so hard and so wisely, both in his presidential run and then in backing Democratic Congressional candidates in the midterms and this year and in offering his stalwart and effective support to Obama early when he most needed it and he has definitely not been treated well by some of his own party.  But I, personally, really hope he is not picked for the Cabinet!  Or that, if picked, he will refuse.

  We need John Kerry in the Senate now more than ever.  He is such a strong, insightful force on the Foreign Relations Committee and such an ethical powerhouse when it comes to standing up for small businesses, the environment, new technologies, veterans.  If he is not to be president right now, the best use of his myriad strengths and interests is in Congress.

  October 6, 2008 4:05 PM

• Margie V said:

  Wow, if this is the way Senator Obama treats Senator Kerry after all the help and support he has given him, then I am speechless. Not only is Senator Kerry very much suited for this position he is the only one I can see who can stand along side Obama and Biden to change our reputation around the world. I thought this was Senator Kerry's passion? This would give him the respect and honor he deserves out side Mass. and give him an opportunity to reshape our foreign policy from the top position.  I don't agree with Luftmensch at all regarding his importance in the Senate. And, I think it is only those who live in Mass. who seem to want to hold him down and think he should just remain their Senator.  I don't even think the things she mentions about him fighting coruption and on and on really amount to a hill of beans. He attempted to make a name for himself doing this years ago only to be pushed aside and ignored. As the "loser" of a presidential campaign he will once again just fade away. The chairmanship of the Foreign Relation Commitee isn't even his for the taking. Dodd is next in line and if Dodd doesn't want it then perhaps Kerry can have it. What a way to treat a man with so much to offer this country. How very sad. I really hope this isn't true. It makes me think less of Senator Obama when he doesn't have the good sense to have Senator Kerry at the top of his list.

  October 6, 2008 6:49 PM

• LorenzoJennifer said:

  Agree with Margie V. that it's probably time for Kerry to move on and the Secretary of State position seems ideal.  Kerry, in all fairness, has not submitted one significant piece of legislation in his 24 year Senate career.  A fact that George W. Bush mentioned in their last 2004 debate.  Kerry's fluent in French, process-oriented and would do well in the worlds of diplomacy and canons of protocol.  And there are many Mass. pols who'd love to see Kerry in the cabinet.  His senate seat would open up and the race and chase would be on!  Richardson is also an interesting choice, though.  He's a graduate of Tufts and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  A Mexican-American, he's fluent in both Spanish and French.  Having a person of color as Secretary of State would lessen resistance to an American official going to African and Asian countries.  Richardson, who competed in the 2008 primaries, endorsed Obama after he withdrew.  His not endorsing Hillary earned him the enduring wrath of Bill Clinton as has been reported in the press.

  Note to David Bernstein . . . while you've listed the possible Obama appointees, the possible McCain appointees are conspicuously absent.  Heh.  Heh.

  October 7, 2008 10:59 AM

• jeffery mcnary said:

  mccain appointees? gosh, hasn't he already had at that? look what 'cha got, yes?

  October 7, 2008 12:17 PM

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