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Via Digby:

[Andrea] Mitchell: Let's talk about the State department and foreign policy. John Kerry, widely anticipated to be at least one of the people considered, really wants the job, although with joe Biden leaving the foreign relations committee,if he doesn't get the job, he would be the foreign relations chairman because he has the seniority. . .

Feldman: What I saw the other day is the domino effect of Kerry as Secretary of State might put the Democratic caucus in a position where Senator Feingold would be the next up to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and of course that poses a whole series of problems . . .

Mitchell: Why does it pose a series of problems?

Feldman: Well, because of Senator Feingold's opposition to the war . . . I think that would immediately then raise some issues for the caucus and for leader Reid . . .

Mitchell: But the president [elect] of the United States is opposed to the war. . .

Feldman: This is true, but I think they'll want in foreign relations is maybe a more even handed person. Ben (sic) Nelson's name has been floated there as a potential consensus pick...

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    The whole idea is awful. . . (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by LarryInNYC on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 09:56:32 AM EST
    from the words "Kerry for Secretary of State" on.

    I didn't miss the point (5.00 / 3) (#6)
    by hitchhiker on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:36:54 AM EST
    which is the stupidity of the suggestion that being "even-handed'  is impossible for Feingold because he opposed the Iraq war.

    Opposition to the Iraq war, we're supposed to believe, means being a biased blockhead.

    How about, Feingold's opposition to the Iraq war shows him to be a savvy independent thinker who sees what others miss?

    don't taze me bro! (none / 0) (#13)
    by Salo on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:29:44 PM EST
    Kerry would be fine. He should have been prez anyway...

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    Had to laugh at your comment--I commented about (none / 0) (#16)
    by jawbone on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:47:55 PM EST
    this BTD post over at Eschaton, thinking it would get some discussion going and maybe some traffic over here.

    Yikes! Got two short nasty verbal tazes: Talk Left = defeatists" some nasty comment about BTD.

    Guess the euphoria hasn't mellowed out the bots yet.

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    I played a key role in denying (none / 0) (#18)
    by Salo on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 01:34:50 PM EST
    that Obama had a socialist bone in his body...and I was out ahead of the GOP tactics on that. LOL.

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    Jeez, these people just don't get it ... (5.00 / 4) (#9)
    by Robot Porter on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM EST
    do they?

    Even-handed = supporting an idiotic war.

    I think I'll choose an even-handed person to handle my tax returns.  Hmm ... do any thieves or con men out there have some free time?

    Digby's best line: (5.00 / 2) (#10)
    by oldpro on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:51:21 AM EST
    "These Democratic villagers are victims of Stockholm Syndrome and they need to be reprogrammed."

    or told they are released from gaol (none / 0) (#15)
    by Salo on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:39:06 PM EST
    or they can stop pretending to be democrats at all . russ would be very interesting as committee chair  

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    Obama does need someone to support (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by ding7777 on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:59:06 AM EST
    the War, since we ain't getting out anytime soon - blame it on bipartisan "unity"

    I don't see why Kerry would be a bad (none / 0) (#2)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:02:27 AM EST
    SoS. He's such a good listener, when he's not talking,  himself.

    Anyway, I have more confidence in Obama's judgment on foreign affairs than on domestic issues.
    Frankly I don't know how we are supposed to get out of the economic hole Bush had dug, AND overhaul the health care system AND fund infrastructure upgrades AND fund a crash program of research towards green energy independence.
    Good luck with that, President Obama.


    I guess you missed the point of my post (none / 0) (#3)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:07:36 AM EST
    Actually I didn't. It's more of the same. (none / 0) (#4)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:09:12 AM EST
    What can you say about pundits that hasn't been said 1000 times before? I think the interesting question is whether Kerry is a good choice for SoS, not whether talking heads say something stupid.

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    Well (none / 0) (#5)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 10:22:11 AM EST
    That was not the point of my post. Please stay on topic.

    I'll write a john Kerry post for you.

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    With Ben Nelson, (none / 0) (#7)
    by KeysDan on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:07:49 AM EST
    of course, the idea is make sure nothing happens, sort of like adopting McCain's 100-year plan. If this is the desired goal, maybe SoS is the answer for what-to-do with Lieberman.  If Mr. Obama is going to consider a senator for this critical position, Russ Feingold is his man.

    Corey Feldman, why are they asking him? (none / 0) (#8)
    by jerry on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:24:13 AM EST
    Lost Boys was terrific, but that was 20 years ago.  Why are people asking Corey Feldman about anything?

    Michael Feldman?

    Oh.  What a putz.

    Poor Babies (none / 0) (#12)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:11:45 PM EST
    Making believe that they still get to create reality...  

    Clearly reality does have a liberal bias now and the center" has shifted to Feingold.  

    these pundits still run (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by Salo on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 12:33:10 PM EST
    everything - don't kid yourself about the election. The result was further demonstration of their overweening arrogance in many ways

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    A Political Lesson for America: Stick to Centrism, by Mark Penn
    As seen in Financial Times
    Publication Date: November 03, 2008

    Obama won by grabbing (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by Salo on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 01:38:09 PM EST
    the mantle of centrist...Ironically the antiwar ahem left didn't realize they have been blagued

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    Oh no no no (none / 0) (#20)
    by lentinel on Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 03:07:27 PM EST
    We wouldn't want someone who was intelligent enough to have been against the war - and actually did something about it - to be chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

    This would be change that we could believe in.

    Let's stick with imperceptible variations.