Defense Secretary?

[karynnj]

28. this does make sense

My base reaction is that this leak was intensely not friendly. Suggesting Kerry for a position that he is not that good a match for (and especially with the emotional nature of this) does nothing other than get him criticized - when he never asked for this.

I understand that Obama can not say that Kerry was ruled out because he was needed in the Senate. If his intended nominee is Rice that undercuts her by suggesting that she was really his second choice. What stinks is that Kerry has done each and everything asked of him - and did them very very well and this is a repeat of last time where he was trashed by the people wanting Clinton. Yet because Obama is President, he knows that there is no cost to him allowing this to happen because he knows that Kerry will continue to do everything possible to move the country forward. It seems that it would have been so easy just to let Kerry take himself out of the running - either because MA would be left if 2 Senators with a combined less than 1 year of seniority or specific things he wants to do in the Senate. I know the beltway insiders are brutal, but this was avoidable.