Posted on 02/05/2011 12:14:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
With presidential primary speculation sucking all the air out of the room, it’s only fair that we take a moment and look at some of the equally useless rumors floating around concerning other high profile positions. This weekend the Boston Globe opens up the guessing game with yet another rumor that not only is Hillary Clinton thinking of moving on to bigger and better things, but that Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is angling for her position at Secretary of State.
AS EGYPT battles over its future, Senator John Kerry is negotiating his own.
The Bay State’s senior senator is running an unofficial campaign to become the next secretary of state. For once, he looks artful, as well as ambitious.
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Secretary of state is the spot Kerry wanted when Barack Obama won the presidency. He lost out to Hillary Clinton and Obama’s “team of rivals.’’ But his fallback position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee provides a powerful platform to press his case.
Kerry’s office quickly moved to squash the rumor in the most forceful manner possible.
“I don’t know what else we can do to stop the parlor game speculation about who’s coming and who’s going,” the statement began. “Lord knows we’ve knocked it down a thousand times over, and at a time of such challenge for American foreign policy the punditry is especially unwelcome and unhelpful.”
“So one last time: the only job John Kerry is contemplating, or considering, is the one job he already has, and he isn’t looking elsewhere. Sometimes in politics, no really means no, and sometimes the best place to be really is the place you already are, end of story.”
In a way I kind of feel sorry for Kerry on this one. If he says nothing it would immediately be taken as an acknowledgment that he was angling for the job. If he says no – as he did – armchair quarterbacks will simply declare that obviously that’s what somebody would say if they were considering such a move. You don’t want to look like you’re campaigning to kick out a high profile member of your own party.
But what if things did play out this way? Rumors continue to circulate that Hillary is thinking of moving on, though Bill Richardson is frequently mentioned as her replacement. And it was one of the worst kept secrets in Washington two years ago that Kerry wanted the cabinet position at State until Clinton got it as a peace offering to her disgruntled supporters.
If Kerry left, Massachusetts would find itself in need of another senator. Not only did Republican Scott Brown win a shocking victory there after Ted Kennedy passed, but he is still considered the most popular political figure in the state today. (Though it’s worth noting that some conservatives are mulling a primary challenge to him next time out.) Are Bay State voters possibly still in the mood to elect a second Republican to fill Kerry’s shoes in an effort to shed their image as Taxachusetts?
Anything is possible, but they’d have to find a candidate who is effectively a clone of Brown. We’ve seen nothing to indicate that MA has suddenly become Georgia North and would elect a pro-life, war hawk conservative firebrand. Still, it could make for a very interesting political theater if it came to pass. As little as five years ago, how many of you would have even considered it possible that you’d live to see the day the GOP took both senate seats in the home stomping grounds of the Kennedys?
Another Brown is better than John F*ckin’ Kerry! At least he wouldn’t stab soldiers in the back for the media glory!
Curt Schilling should run.
I wonder if Kerry’s manservant will be moving to Foggy Bottom with him?
That would be so much fun, I’d LOVE to see that!
I guess, but only marginally so. Brown is all for open homosexuality in the military, and that was the straw for me, someone who contributed, campaigned and voted for him.
At least we know what Kerry is and who he is. When he does something, it doesn’t cast the stench of “bipartisan” cover to it.
If you can’t tell, I am still pretty upset about it.
I would vote for him. I think he’s more of a real conservative, from what I know. And outspoken, too.
Shilling is a political newcomer with zero experience. He’s made some educational headway since putting a toe in the ‘06 race against Kerry, but at most, its headway to a State Rep or State Senate seat. At worst, he should become active in his town committee, or town as selectman before considering anything more.
We need another Scott Brown like we need a hole in our heads.
Brown, the traitor who sold out Conservatives the UK,
is TOAST.
You may like Brown, but his is a RINO’s RINO, and
Romney’s TOADIE.
BROWN will be replaced.
KERRY will be replaced. Just watch.
Scott Brown’s ‘tea party’ fans feel burned by jobs vote
The new Massachusetts senator crosses the aisle to block a Republican filibuster on a $15-billion jobs bill. His supporters, who used the Internet to rally behind him, now turn on him.
February 23, 2010|By James Oliphant
Reporting from Washington — For Scott Brown, it appears that the “tea party” is over.
Literally overnight, the fledgling Republican senator who ended Democrats’ filibuster-proof majority by winning a special election in Massachusetts has gone from being the darling of America’s conservative activists to being their goat.
Monday night, Brown announced that he would join four other Republicans in voting to block a GOP filibuster and move forward with a $15-billion jobs bill designed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Scott Brown’s ‘tea party’ fans feel burned by jobs vote
The new Massachusetts senator crosses the aisle to block a Republican filibuster on a $15-billion jobs bill. His supporters, who used the Internet to rally behind him, now turn on him.
February 23, 2010|By James Oliphant
Reporting from Washington — For Scott Brown, it appears that the “tea party” is over.
Literally overnight, the fledgling Republican senator who ended Democrats’ filibuster-proof majority by winning a special election in Massachusetts has gone from being the darling of America’s conservative activists to being their goat.
Monday night, Brown announced that he would join four other Republicans in voting to block a GOP filibuster and move forward with a $15-billion jobs bill designed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
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Almost immediately, the political blogosphere exploded.
Cries of “letdown,” “betrayal,” “sellout,” and “RINO” — “Republican in name only” — flew around Twitter. By late Tuesday afternoon, more than 4,200 people had left comments on Brown’s Facebook page, most harshly negative. (And liberals engaged in some cyber-schadenfreude at the same time.)
Just five days earlier, Brown had been cheered loudly by conservative activists at a gathering in Washington. He was so warmly received that some in the crowd began suggesting he could be another Ronald Reagan and help usher in a new era of conservatism.
Tea party and other conservative activists felt particularly let down by Brown’s Monday vote because many of them had poured money and manpower into his underdog bid to capture the Senate seat long occupied by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy.
Scott Brown Helps Democrats Push Through Financial Reform
May 20 2010, 3:53 PM ET By Daniel Indiviglio 5
Financial reform is on the way, courtesy of Freshman Republican Senator Scott Brown (MA). The procedural vote to limit debate passed today with the precise number needed — 60. Although Brown voted ‘no’ yesterday, he changed his vote today, despite the fact that no additional amendments had been considered since that time. Arlen Specter (D-PA) also voted in favor of the motion today. Yesterday, he didn’t cast a vote. So where do things go from here?
First, it’s worth noting that both of the Democrats that voted against the bill yesterday — Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) — did the same today. That’s likely because no more amendments were heard, and that was exactly their complaint for voting ‘no’ the first time. But with the addition of Brown’s and Specter’s votes, it didn’t matter.
Brown’s Change of Heart
What changed Brown’s mind between yesterday and today. Reid had expressed frustration that Brown hadn’t voted for cloture yesterday, as Brown had apparently said he would vote for the motion. But afterward Brown released a statement saying:
Maybe to the GOP, but not to conservatives, and liberals are aggravating and harmful, no matter what they call themselves.
IF Hillary is going to run, NOW is the perfect time to jump. Jump ship over diplomatic differences. Expose the boy king for his ineptitude, and plunge the knife deep and twist.
IF Hillary wants to be POTUS, its ALL OR NOTHING and its NOW. She must expose the snake and cut off its head, in order to be seen as a potential leader and replacement.
Campaign season will be starting in the next 6 months, and she needs to set her campaign up AND seperate herself from HER BOSS.
Scott Brown screwed every single GOP Conservative who voted for him.
Every one.
Brown supported Barney Frank’s bill, and then Brown even gave the
Russians the UK secret nuclear info.
Benedict Brown is not only a traitor to conservatives,
And the GOP and every one who supported him,
And everyone who gave him money,
but Brown is now neck-deep, caught up in Obama’s treason.
Therefore, duplcitious Scott Brown will cover that up, too;
and can NEVER be trusted again.
Scott Brown Invites Gay Activists To DADT Repeal Ceremony
Massachusetts Republican Senator, Scott Brown, has invited a notorious gay activist, and his “life mate,” to attend the ceremony repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” legislation on gays in the military.
Antiques dealer Tom Lang was a key voice in getting Brown to change his vote in favor of repealing the quasi-ban on gays in the military, reports The Boston Herald. Brown, along with several other RINO Senators, initially voted down the lifting of DADT on technical rules when it was attached to a military spending bill.
With Sen. Scott Brown on Board, Momentum Building for START Treaty
ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe reports:
Supporters of the START nuclear pact with Russia today sounded confident that the treaty will receive the two-thirds majority needed for Senate passage when it comes up for a final vote this week.
“I believe we have the votes to pass this treaty,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry at a brief press conference on Capitol Hill. Kerry and the panel’s ranking Republican Dick Lugar made similar comments yesterday on “This Week.”
That confidence appeared warranted today as momentum seemed to be building for the treaty. After a closed Senate session to discuss classified information relating to the pact, Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts told reporters that he would back the treaty.
“I believe it’s something that’s important for our country and it’s a good move forward to deal with our national security issues,” Brown said.
I would love to get rid of old John “ a purple heart for a paper cut” Kerry.
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