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"Democratic Strategists"

By Big Tent Democrat

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...

By Big Tent Democrat

Full post as published by TalkLeft on November 08, 2008 (boomark / email).