Posted on 10/21/2004 9:33:51 PM PDT by Utah Girl
If he wins the White House, John F. Kerry will immediately confront a difficult, divisive and deeply personal decision: which close friend will he have to stiff for secretary of state?
Kerry, who would name a national security team a few weeks after the election, is said by campaign sources to be under a fair amount of pressure to pick Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Richard Holbrooke to help repair global alliances and attract new allies to assist in Iraq. Both men are seasoned diplomats, ambitious and close friends and political advisers to Kerry. And both clearly want the job.
It was once assumed that Holbrooke, who was a U.N. ambassador under President Bill Clinton, was the front-runner. But campaign sources say Biden's stock soared after the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee played a central role in helping to turn the campaign around last month with a sharper focus on problems in Iraq. Some say that Holbrooke could be sent to the Middle East as a special envoy as a possible consolation prize.
Jamie S. Gorelick, a member of the Sept. 11 commission, is also mentioned as a possible replacement for John D. Ashcroft.
All I can say is VOTE!!!
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Uh oh. Further down in the article
In the end, both men might be passed over for state, campaign sources say, because Kerry has told friends he wants to tap a Republican for one of the top national security posts, preferably defense or state. Those under consideration include Sens. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Richard G. Lugar (Ind.), as well as former senator Warren Rudman.Now we know why Hagel has been saying what he's been saying...
A fantasy written by Jim to "keep hope alive" while the Dems watch state after state fall away this week.
Kerry also wants to explore new sexual positions with his lover Johnny Edwards...
"Both men are seasoned diplomats, ambitious and close friends and political advisers to Kerry."
As they say in the Spanish Marine Corps, 'Boocheeto'! Biden has never been a 'diplomat', much less a seasoned one. He's been a camera-hog politician from a minor state with a major integrity problem. In my opinion, of course.
Semper Fi,
Hopefully, the only cabinet Kerry will need after the election is the one he'll need to stow the remains of his political career.
which means they have never solved anything with diplomacy
A little too confident, don't you think ?????!!!!(re: winning the election)
Probably French white!
The partisan media is coming out with these articles with John F*ckin's inauguration in mind. They are far from being ready to pull the plug on him. Ignore the polls - there's a President Kerry in America's future!
I find this so presumptuous and annoying.
God, Kerry sux.
States are falling like dominoes, and the WAPO is playing fairy godmother to Kerry's dreams.
I hope he doesn't go with Formica. Formica is so passe.
Works for me. After he finishes exploring and finds the cabinet he likes.........
Let's push him in it, close the door, lock it and throw the key away.
(Throwing it in the nearest river is optional.)
Kerry should be exploring how to pen his concession speech
I just can't imagine that ever happening. I hope all the rat's get the flu and are to sick to vote on election day.
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