Looks like I am not alone in my thinking: Behind the GOP Game on Rice
Also, Republicans in the Senate seem to be trying to nudge Obama toward a Kerry nomination:
I am too cynical to believe they are acting out of any genuine concern about Ms. Rice, which leads me to think they are either doing their longtime colleague John Kerry a favor by lobbying for him, or they are hoping Scott Brown can take his vacated Senate seat, or a little of both.
Of course, the Massachusetts legislature could always change the rules another time and let Gov. Patrick appoint a successor to fill out the entirety of Kerry’s remaining term. I mean, it would be pretty naked partisanship, but it’s not like the consequences for them would really be more severe than a bunch of outrage from the Boston Herald.
Well, you’re both wrong. McCain was bitching about Rice before Obama had even won re-election.
Of course not. But it’s more about screwing Obama than getting Brown into the Senate.
And yet they would be only too happy to confirm a Kerry appointment.
They can’t pin anything on Kerry, and they can’t vow to reject every nominee. Push comes to shove they’ll confirm Rice, too. In the wake of September 11th and Iraq 13 senators voted against confirming Condi Rice in 2004, and that was the largest number of votes against a Secretary of State nominee in almost 200 years. And Kerry may be nominated for a different cabinet post.
You puppy Dopers won’t remember, but there was a time Republicans hated Kerry’s un-patriotic peacenik traitor guts. Rolled around on the floor screaming and tearing out their hair in clumps at the very thought of Kerry.
Now, all these moments will be lost in time, like crocodile tears in the rain. Time to puke.
Are you referring to when the Nixon administration had John O’Neill form Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace to smear Kerry, or when the G.W. Bush campaign had John O’Neill form Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to smear Kerry?
Yes.
Just because a Senate seat for Massachusetts falls empty, there are NO guarantees that Scott Brown can win election again, nor might he be appointed to the seat.
I can see Brown eagerly throwing his hat back into the ring, but whether his chances are good seems to be debatable.
Yeh, Truckie McBarnjacket knocked a lot of the luster off his halo with Massachusetts voters in the recent election; his reasonable bipartisan nice guy image took a number of self-inflicted wounds.
He was pretty reasonable in the whole non-partisan thing, just as cooperative and helpful to CitiGroup as he was to Goldman Sachs.
I would say his chances of winning another election right now are pretty low.
I don’t know Massachusetts politics. Who do the Democrats have with the name recognition to beat him?
It probably depends a lot on the opponent but his campaign against Warren offended a lot of people with its focus on Warren’s claim to Native American ancestry.
Any of the 10 congresspersons, or the Governor or any of the cabinet members or Legislature leaders. Politics is a very public game here.
And, of course, that opponent could get a nice leg up if Deval Patrick appointed them to the job in the interim. Incumbency always helps, even if it’s only a few months’ worth.
As stated, there are literally a dozen candidates who could run a good campaign against Scott Brown. This last campaign against Warren really did damage to his standing, and I think he’d have a hard time winning another statewide office. He would probably have more success running for a specific House seat.
Hey, me too! Well, I can’t say that I miss him miss him, but I did notice he wasn’t on my ballot earlier this month and thought WTF?
Coakley was already re-elected AG. She’ll probably have the job as long as she wants.