Report: Obama Picks Kerry For Next Secretary Of State

[karynnj]

91. The GRIO link actually said Kerry was Obama's choice - not Rice something I haven't .

seen elsewhere. As to Donna Brazille, I think her nose was out of joint in 2004 as she was not part of the Kerry team. Obviously, there are people who wanted Rice in that position and they dominated the discussion. There are also many, who were neutral or wanted Kerry, who were appalled at the Benghazi attacks. However, Obama DID take an unprecedented step in sending the acting CIA head out with Rice.

Other attacks were vaguer - how could the President or anyone else defend her on the whisper campaign of her temperament and abrasiveness. What some - including Obama AND Kerry did, was to address it obliquely in speaking of her excellence in the positions she had.

It would make as much sense for me to be angry with Obama for picking Rice over Kerry. Maybe even more, as this really is his last shot at getting that job. In addition, there are career diplomats , on record, saying Kerry is as good a diplomat as any they have seen in their life. That means something - and I did not see the same thing for Rice, who would have been MORE likely as a career diplomat to have career diplomats say that. The fact is that she was in no way more deserving.