Tom's being all LOGICAL. Cabinet positions are like Broadway leading roles, sure every so often one of them can go to someone who has put in the years and no one knows, but most of the time they go to NAMES AND FACES and 80s/90s has beens.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2012 1:05:39 pm PST #29787 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse - Nov 07, 2012 1:13:19 pm PST #29788 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's just crazy, Tom.
There is also a possibility he could run for governor in two years.
That was my immediate reaction, because it would never occur to me to put Kerry in at State. But, you know, not the president.
flea - Nov 07, 2012 1:13:53 pm PST #29789 of 30001
information libertarian
So, Debbie Gibson for Secretary of State?
billytea - Nov 07, 2012 1:19:31 pm PST #29790 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You know who would be awesome in the job?
Jon Huntsman!
Kidding, kidding! Really. Mostly.
There is part of me that would find it mildly hilarious for Kerry to become SoS and Brown to run for his seat. That would mean Brown had to do three elections in two years! Kerry's up again in 2014, right? So if he won, Brown would be back before the people almost immediately. He'd be having elections more often than a House member!
Cashmere - Nov 07, 2012 1:24:52 pm PST #29791 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have de-friended family over Obamageddon.
Connie Neil - Nov 07, 2012 1:28:20 pm PST #29792 of 30001
brillig
Huntsman might actually work. He's got the Ambassador to China background. Though Bill Clinton would also rock. It would be so fun to see a multi-year Bill Love Fest around the world. Though I wonder if Hilary is sick of people saying, "So will you be bringing Bill?"
le nubian - Nov 07, 2012 1:36:27 pm PST #29793 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Glamcookie - Nov 07, 2012 1:36:40 pm PST #29794 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
That's tough, Cash. My Republican family members (and there are a shit-ton of them) have been remarkably quiet throughout the election season. They seem to know to be somewhat ashamed. Doesn't make it okay, but it's something I guess.
Sheryl - Nov 07, 2012 1:39:04 pm PST #29795 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Luckily I haven't had to deal with people melting down over the election results. either in person or on line.
billytea - Nov 07, 2012 1:48:32 pm PST #29796 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Huntsman might actually work. He's got the Ambassador to China background.
Yep, that's the mostly kidding part. (Plus, he's been appointed by Obama before.) Bush's Iraqi adventure had many costs, but I think one with potentially far-reaching effects is that it took America's foreign policy attention off China at a vital time. This relationship won't get any easier with China's recent (rather ham-fisted) assertiveness and the growing nationalist sentiment within the country. Someone who's familiar with China would be a plus. (He's also fairly well-regarded by the Chinese people.)
One thing that may help is China's leadership transition. Reading through the resumes of the most likely candidates for the Standing Committee, it seems to me that there's some small shift towards trade over security in foreign outlook (with some notable exceptions, like Zhang Dejiang and Liu Yunshan). I hope so, anyway. Just completing the transition should in theory ease the pressure to look tough.