Posted on 11/22/2008 5:14:03 PM PST by Chet 99
One Democratic operative suggests keeping track of Barack Obama’s cabinet selections with a March Madness-type tournament chart. While no official announcements have been made, a controlled series of leaks have given a good sense of who's still in contention, and which big names have been bounced from the bracket.
The new administration still has some major posts to fill, including heads for the departments of Defense, Housing and Urban
Development, Transportation, Labor, and Energy, not to mention the Environmental Protection Agency. But a number of the biggest prizes seem to have already been won, and a handful of serious contenders already been passed over in the speed-dating game that is the Obama transition.
Here's a look at five major players and the jobs they have apparently not been given:
John Kerry, State—The Massachusetts Senator and former Democratic presidential nominee was a passionate, articulate and early supporter of Obama, a fixture on both conference calls and the Sunday talk show circuit. Kerry’s people say he never had any expectations of being named Secretary of State but other Democrats say he made no secret of his Foggy Bottom aspirations. “He’s crushed,” said one Senate aide. Kerry would have been a fine pick, sources say, but Obama apparently had his eye on Hillary Clinton since the early fall. He does get an impressive consolation prize: the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee vacated by Joe Biden.
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John who?
Kerry’d be a good match for Obama’s Sec Of Surrender.
John Kerry?
He was in Viet Nam - wasn’t he?
““He’s crushed,” said one Senate aide. Kerry would have been a fine pick, sources say, but Obama apparently had his eye on Hillary Clinton since the early fall.”
Obama sold his soul. He now owes Hillary his life.
Obama’s Faustian Bargain with Billary & Co.
He was not just in Viet Nam but he was in Cambodia on Christmas day. /s
Did you know he was in Vietnam.
Yup. It’s true. He tells us that ALL the time.
Kerry should have been named Sec of State by the North Vietnamese commies. They would have even weighed a confirmation hearing for their national war hero John.
Now that’s classic humor...thanks I needed that.
Considering that Hillary is now in line to be president behind Biden, Pelosi and Byrd... people who piss the Clintons off have a way of "getting out of the way."
If Hussein was smart he should have traded her support for a Supreme Court vacancy.
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Freeper Alert: Sen. KERRY / Vietnamsese Communists Killing Off Christians in Central Highlands...
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So Obama is leaving all the real losers out of his cabinet? He may be a pinko but he’s no dummy. A guy like Kerry would be toxic to have in your administration.
Obama sold his soul. He now owes Hillary his life.”
Geeeezz- just when the Arkancides had sorta fallen off the radar.
I will never, not in a million years, get tired of seeing that picture. Classic! :)
Loser is as loser does.
What about the Lieberdood? He was good enough to be the RAT'S second in command - no?
Yeah, I agree. Given a choice between Hillary or Kerry for Sec of State, I'd take Hillary any day.
How’s it feel to be affirmative action’d out of your precious little Cabinet ego trip, Johnny Boy?
“Crushed”
Does this mean Purple Heart #4??
poor John, hey John wht the long face
Really? I didn't see or hear anything apparent there. Not to worry, "the Haughty" John Kerry has a plan. He was going to be SoS before he decided not to.
Sorry folks but he’s elected now and really your services aren’t needed anymore. See you all in 4 years! *sarcasm*
Looks like Obama made a whole bunch of promises to everyone who now are finding out they’ve been had. LOL
“So Obama is leaving all the real losers out of his cabinet? He may be a pinko but he’s no dummy.”
No, Obama is a dummy. It’s the people pulling his strings that aren’t.
Yeah, there’s just something about Prince John the Gaunt that I find even more distasteful than Hillary, and that’s really saying something.
Kerry would have been a fine p(r)ick, sources say...
Yup.The memories are seared into his memory.Christmas Day 1968 in Cambodia.Ordered there by Richard Milhous Nixon.
Kerry is the last pick for dodgeball.
Kerry should be proud that the new Cabinet will “look like America.” Like a lot of white libs, diversity only matters after he gets the job that he wants.
Kerry was a shoo-in for SOS.... if McCain had won.
You know, when Obama handed out that questionaire sheet maybe Kerry had to admit he once had a gun.
Now Kerry knows how his medals felt, when he tossed them over the fence.
Maybe this snub will be “seared” into his memory forever.
Kerry is fluent in French. Obama could pick him for US ambassador to France. If that’s a post requiring more deftness and tact than Kerry possesses, he could be sent to one of the former French colonies. Madagascar, for example, or Burkina Faso, or maybe Cambodia.
I wouldn’t want to see Kerry even be secretary of the liquor cabinet.
I wouldn’t put him in charge of the dog food pantry, either.
Kerryphew . Gog bless me ;-)
> former French colonies. Madagascar, for example
Doesn’t Madagascar speak Portuguese?
I was thinking more of Sierra Leone or Cote Azur.
I do not buy it.
Kerry would not give up his Senator seat for anything less than the White House.
He’d have no place else to go.
Kerry is a born POS and it is only because of his lying BS to a willing audience that he has gotten as far as he has.
ROFLMAO
My respect for Obama has gone up since his election. By definition he was going to fill his cabinet and staff with liberal Democrats, but he could have made much worse choices. Although a lot of bad things will undoubtedly happen in the next four years, they may turn out not to be as bad as I originally feared.
Please keep surprising me, President-elect Obama.
Now we will all be sorry.
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