BREAKING: Susan Rice removes her name from consideration for Secretary of State

[tmthforu94]

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[CountryRoads]

Good.

[All Along The Watchtower]

in b4 Kerry

[Indy Texas]

Obama hasn't even been re-inaugurated yet and he already had his Harriet Miers moment.

[Benj]

Obama hasn't even been re-inaugurated yet and he already had his Harriet Miers moment.

No; Miers was defeated because conservatives thought she wasn't conservative enough. Rice was not opposed by liberals, other than perhaps a few irrelevant people on the fringe.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

She'll end up in a very good post that doesn't require Senate approval.

[Oakvale]

Terrible, just terrible.

[politicus]

Sad. Hope she gets NSC.

[RogueBeaver]

As soon as Collins said no... so Kerry it is.

[Meeker]

Somewhere Scott Brown is smiling.

[Zioneer]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

[Gass3268]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

Joe Kennedy III? 

[hawkeye59]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

You realize Chuck Hagel is pro-Palestinian, right? The Republicans will go insane.
But seriously, anyone but Kerry. PLEASE pick Huntsman.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

Joe Kennedy III? 

He was just elected to the House. It's not going to work.

[Zioneer]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

Joe Kennedy III? 

Nah, I don't think they'll go for another Kennedy; I think they'll be eager to show that they won't go for yet another Kennedy. I'm thinking either Mike Capuano or Niki Tsongas. Though I'm talking from an outsider's perspective, so I could be wrong.

[Gass3268]

With Chuck Hagel looking likely for DefSec, and Susan Rice withdrawing from consideration for StateSec, it looks like those nominations won't be controversial. Though I think Obama will work with the Mass Dems to line up a Senate successor for Kerry, since he's now the de facto StateSec candidate.

Joe Kennedy III? 

Nah, I don't think they'll go for another Kennedy; I think they'll be eager to show that they won't go for yet another Kennedy. I'm thinking either Mike Capuano or Niki Tsongas. Though I'm talking from an outsider's perspective, so I could be wrong.

Other rumor I've heard is Ed Markey.

[Simfan34]

Yes, please pick Huntsman.

[Lief 🗽]

[Paul Kemp]

I preferred Kerry any way.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I was concerned about Rice; not because of the Benghazi crap, but because she owns massive stock in the company that wants State Department approval to build the Keystone XL pipeline.

[politicallefty]

She's wasn't necessarily my first pick, but I am disgusted to see her forced to withdraw her name over this. If it is Kerry, they had better get things in good order for his Senate seat.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Somewhere Scott Brown is smiling.

I don't see Scotto wasting the political capital he has left on another less-than-two year Senate term, do you?

[RogueBeaver]

It wasn't just Benghazi, there was all sorts of stuff being leaked in the NYT about her investment portfolio, her temper, and her African tenure under Bubba. Apparently she made a lot of enemies in ClintonWorld, and given the stuff that's being leaked comes from those days... draw your own conclusions.

Brown: He should run for guv and leave the Senate alone IMO.

[tmthforu94]

The Senate seat will easily go to the Democrat. Scott Brown is vying for Governor - it is a much less partisan position that he should have a fairly easy time in getting.

[technical support]

The Senate seat will easily go to the Democrat. Scott Brown is vying for Governor - it is a much less partisan position that he should have a fairly easy time in getting.

good luck with working with 80 percent or more dems in the state house. less partisan.....