environmental take on SoS : NBC News (apologies for adding to SoS flames)

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4. I read this article and it drove me nuts.

As usual, these idiots from NBCNews try to create dissension among Democrats (and against Kerry, as Montanaro is rarely positive about Kerry).

To be clear, it should come to no surprise that NDRC and LCV would prefer Kerry, for all the reasons that you could imagine (and frankly, Transcanada come very low in my mind).

But frankly, I am unsure why they question when these revelations have been done. This is a reasonable question to ask an answer for.

However, I am weary about attacks on Rice for wanting to promote herself. OMG, an intelligent woman wants to promote herself. I am sorry, but I think it is about time. In the world she and Kerry and other evolve, this is nothing new. My position, and it is nothing new for anybody here, is that she is competent for the job and that, while I think Kerry would be a better choice for the issues I care for, she will be fine if she is the choice (and frankly, she is probably a lot better than many other choices that went uncontested and will stay forgotten (who can name Nixon's SoS, for example? and it was certainly a period when a lot of foreign policy happened). So, no need to get upset on something like that. [BTW, I am immensely more concerned by the rumor Samatha Powells will be the next SoS. I would hope the neo Wilsonians stay far from foreign policy power roles).

NOTE: I just notice the title. To NBC editors that choose the title, Kerry's name wont go away because he is a legitimate choice and one that would probably have been chosen if the GOP had not attacked Rice. McCain and Graham may only be idiots, but they indeed succeeded stalling a choice that would have seen the natural one.