The Bay State’s senior senator is running an unofficial campaign to become the next secretary of state. For once, he looks artful, as well as ambitious…
Secretary of state is the spot Kerry wanted when Barack Obama won the presidency. He lost out to Hillary Clinton and Obama’s “team of rivals.’’ But his fallback position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee provides a powerful platform to press his case…
For months, there has been speculation that Kerry will get the job he wants in an Obama second term. Clinton said publicly that she is not committed to the position beyond 2012. She also tamped down speculation that she wants to move to the Pentagon as secretary of defense…
Kerry’s speech got great respect. Gushed the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, “Frankly, it’s the speech President Obama should be giving.’’ Kerry also won praise for helping Obama win Senate ratification of the START arms control agreement with Russia.
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