Reply #2: Either no McCain at State or he'll be just as lame as Powell.

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McCain seems to love abuse, so he may take over from Powell at State and be just as irrelevant. Powell at DOD would bring him into the center of the hive of Neocons. I think he'd rather just go back on the lecture circuit.

But this is all idle speculation: Kerry is going to win, big (like 49, 50, 51% of the vote). Look at Florida: Cuban-Americans are moving toward the Dems, Dem registration is up bigtime there, too. Jeb will have to suppress a hundred thousand votes there to swing it to his brother this time.