Analysts Chime In: Would Kerry Leave the Senate for a Position in an Obama Administration?
Many things concern me about an Obama Administration. His inexperience in foreign affairs, his non-existent legislative accomplishments, his hard left economics and the company he has kept for 20 years. This articles speculates that Kerry might want to be Secretary of Defense in an Obama administration. The only group of people that Kerry could be persuaded to go to war against are the veterans of Operation Swift Boat that helped to scuttle his chances to win the 2004 presidential election.
~~John Cronin
http://www.politickerma.com/jeremyjacobs/535/analysts-chime-would
-kerry-leave-senate-position-obama-administration
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By Jeremy P. Jacobs
As the presidential race plugs along and U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Boston) continues his work as a surrogate for presumptive Democratic nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, one hot topic of conversation among the Massachusetts political punditry is whether Kerry is eyeing a spot in a possible Obama administration.
Asked if he thought Kerry would leave, Michael Goldman, a veteran Boston Democratic political strategist responded, “Absolutely. If there was a position, either secretary of state or secretary of defense, I think that he would jump at the opportunity to serve his country in either of those capacities. Maybe UN Ambassador is a third possibility…But certainly there’s no question in my mind that he would love to have an opportunity to do any of those jobs, and quite frankly, I think he believes he’d do a great job with of them.”
To be fair, Kerry has repeatedly said that is not the case. Kerry, who is currently facing a primary challenge from Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly and a Republican challenge from former CIA and FBI agent Jeff Beatty, has said he is only focused on returning to the senate for his fifth term.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:46 am
I hope he leaves, so he looks dumbfounded when Obama is not elected Prez.