JK mentioned in story about new World Bank nominees

[MBS]

The general story is in today's NYT, business section:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/business/global/dartmouth-president-is-obamas-pick-for-world-bank.html?_r=1&ref=business

But, weirdly the mention of JK is only in the hard copy edition! Here's what it says in the hard-copy paper. I wonder why these paragraphs were deleted from the web version (which is presumably the updated version. ):

"The White House had scrutinized Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts: Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary and Obama economic adviser; and Susan E. Rice, the United States ambassador for the United Nations, for the World Bank Job.
But all three might make good candidates for high-ranking administration positions in the event that President Obama won a second term. . "

Here's a similar section from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/official-obama-to-nominate-dartmouth-college-president-to-head-world-bank/2012/03/23/gIQAAPLiVS_story_1.html

Kim’s selection ends a search that was closely held among a handful of top White House staff members and seemed initially to focus on major political figures such as Clinton and former Treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers. Administration officials offered few details of the search but said Obama interviewed several candidates with backgrounds in various fields and wanted someone who agreed with him that poverty alleviation should be the bank’s central goal.

[MADem]

1. JK waited a lifetime to be "The Senior Senator From Massachusetts."

Would he even want such a job?

[MBS]

2. I can't imagine that he would want it

As long as the Dems can hold the Senate, and as long as he's still chair of SFRC, I actually can't imagine that he would want any job other than his current one. He seems in a really good place right now.

[karynnj]

6. He has said that he is happy in the job he has - though he did want the promotion to President and

came close. Nothing other than President would really allow him to be independent and to be able to play a part in all foreign policy and most domestic issues - with his SFRC chair and being a senior member of both the Finance and Commerce committees. (This, of course, is better if we hold the Senate.)

Even in 2008, he said that there were very very few jobs he would even consider - likely meaning the Secretary of State with the President promising him a major say on foreign policy. I would actually guess that he might be happier with his Senate job, doing the occasional high profile diplomacy that he has done than being Secretary of State - and he might be more valuable to the country and Obama that way. (I doubt that Obama and Biden would give any Secretary of State much say in making foreign policy and there have been times where Kerry has been to the left of them - notably on Honduras.)

[Mass]

3. This has been a rumor for a couple weeks now, but when it first came

Kerry said he was neither interested nor asked if he wanted the job. As did Susan Rice.

[MBS]

5. this sounds right to me.

I think that, when there are not enough real issues to occupy them (actually, even when they are) , the Beltway crowd (especially the Media segment of that crowd) just makes stuff up out of boredom, to keep the juices flowing and TV ratings up. They and their absurd speculations (Hillary or Joe Biden running for president in 2016, Hillary for VP in 2012, the perennial SoS s__), delivered with biblical-type certainty, drive me nuts.

[karynnj]

4. Articles last week mentioned him and quoted him as not wanting the job

Ignoring everything about Kerry himself, it would seem really strange to nominate Kerry at this point. It would open his Senate seat and that could possibly lead to losing a Senate seat that we have. (It seems hard to figure what would happen - would Warren continue fighting for Brown's seat or take the easy way out?)