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May 28th, 2008

Kerry as Secretary of State?

Reason number 47 not to vote for Barack Obama: the latest rumblings in Washington are that former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is angling to become secretary of state, should Barack Obama acheive the White House in November. Just the notion of John Kerry taking over as secretary of state after a fine run by Condeleeza Rice is so earth shaking, it nearly knocked my HDMI wall plate loose!

Kerry, who is close to Obama and aligned himself with Obama against Clinton early on, is currently running for re-election to his senatorial term in Massachusetts, but if Obama were to win and place Kerry in Condi’s office, Massachusetts might have to brace to replacing two senators with fresh new faces, given Ted Kennedy’s recent diagnosis with a malignant brain tumor.

One has to think that, under the circumstances, Mitt Romney might be better served in the long term by running for US Senate in Massachusetts, rather than running alongside McCain this fall. If nothing else, it could be a fall-back plan for Romney, if McCain loses.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Democrats, Election 2008 • No Comment
April 10th, 2008

Condi still not running

Despite the words of Dan Senor, a GOP strategist, over the weekend, as well as a lot of blogosphere energy around the topic, the US State Department today re-confirmed the fact that Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice is not interested in running for political office, nor is she seeking the Veep spot on John McCain’s campaign.

Now, WonderfulPessimist.com has long held that Condi would be one of our top ideal choices for the top of the ticket, but considering she recently was quoted as saying, “It’s time for new blood” in the GOP bid for the White House, I think we have to respect her wishes and accept the fact that she won’t be running. Seems Condi has her mind on returning to Stanford and her Pigeon Forge cabins (if she has any) once her term in the Bush Administration is up.

Who can blame her? She’s been in public life as either Foreign Policy Advisor of Secretary of State for almost eight years now, and what with September 11 and wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, anyone might be longing for the relative ease of being a tenured professor at one of America’s top academic universities?

As attractive a presidential or vice presidential figure as she might make, it’s time to lay our Condi dreams aside, people, and wish her well. As for who should run with John McCain on the GOP ticket this fall, my favorite choice for balancing the ticket is strong conservative and former Oklahoma congressman, J.C. Watts. Failing Watts, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is our fallback candidate due also to his conservative credentials.

And it may not sound cool to say this, being from Minnesota and all, but the absolute worst choice to run with McCain is Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Appoint him to the Department of Education, maybe… but don’t make him Veep.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Election 2008, Republicans • No Comment