December 13th, 2012
07:43 PM ET
8 years ago
For Sen. John Kerry, life seems like audition for secretary of state
(CNN) - Now that embattled U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from secretary of state consideration, attention is turning toward Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, the other top candidate to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Republicans opposed to a Rice nomination have bandied about Kerry's name for weeks, and Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN that Kerry would be a "popular choice with the Senate."
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I think that there needs to be another choice. Kerry might get approved in the Senate with ease, but the risk of losing a seat in the Senate is too much for the Democrats to risk.
We all know why gop went after the UN ambassador,thier strategy is to promote Kerry for sec. Of state so they could take a shot at his resultant vacant senate seat.Let them wait for Obama's master move,its going to be a 'checkmate'.
This opportunistic moron burned a lot of bridges with the Republicans. I sure hope they remember that at his confirmation hearings. He doesn't know what partisanship is or means. He's almost as worst as the Bully-in-Chief!