Will John Kerry Be The Next Secretary Of State?

That is the job he wants and the one he is quietly campaigning for, says Joan Vennochi in the Boston Globe.

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.

Were Hillary Clinton to decide to move on, it would be a great move.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.