Defense Secretary?

[Mass]

30. Actually, this leak is a progress.

It shows that Kerry is respected enough and a SERIOUS candidate for SoS, serious enough that those who want to skip him as SoS offer an alternative. It is seriously progress.

I may be too naive here, but I still do not understand why the assumption is that Rice is THE choice for Obama. From what I read, the choice is not made, otherwise what is the point of the leaks?Fankly, there are too manythings going around (Petraeus, Syria, Lybia,...). My experience with these types of reporting these last four years is that it is not done. Some people are having trial balloons, and we definitively do not know by whom). (Also remember this comes from the same media who are totally making fools of themselves with the Petraeus's investigation, talking before knowing). I would cool off and wait to see what happens.

I dont expect the decision to be made for weeks (remember that it would be Kerry's role to get the 60 votes and how it would be awkward for him, so I hope they will not try to force it right now), and I think we will have a few weeks of these iterations. I just wonder who is behind the leaks (and there is no reason to believe it is the president).