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John Kerry to take over Foreign Relations Committee?
The Politico ^
Posted on 08/23/2008 9:44:22 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
John Kerry to take over Foreign Relations Committee?
Sen. Barack Obama's decision to pick fellow Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his VP nominee could have some interesting fallout in the Senate if Democrats win the White House in November.
Biden chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, and is he becomes the next vice president, the panel's gavel would be up for grabs.
Next in line is Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), who like Biden, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination this cycle. Early betting by Senate insiders is that Dodd would not give up his chairmanship of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in order to take over Foreign Relations. The thinking is that since Obama and Biden would set foreign policy from the White House, the Foreign Relations Committee wouldn't be as attractive a post. Also, the housing/sub-mortgate crisis has still not run its course, and with insurance and financial services companies still such an important part of the Connecticut economy, Dodd may be reluctant
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; congress; johnkerry; ussenate
Didn't Carry serve in Vietnam?
To: Sub-Driver
Dodd or Kerry... urrgghh. Heaven help us!
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:47:15 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: Sub-Driver
Dodd will stay on the Banking committee . An honest politician , once bought stays bought .
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:50:23 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(What passes for optimism is most often an intellectual error)
To: Sub-Driver
No sane person would describe what Kerry did in Vietnam as serving.But if we need someone who can pick rice out of his rump while shooting some wounded guy in the back,then he's definitely the man for the job.
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:50:38 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:54:10 AM PDT
by
vietvet67
To: Sub-Driver; Bender2
John Kerry (D-Sen Davao) is thrilled. He will be able to spend more time in his home district of Davao, Switzerland.
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:54:59 AM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(A vote for third party is a vote for nObama)
To: Sub-Driver
Sit down frenchie, hair plugs Joe biden-biden aint going anywhere.
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:55:52 AM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: Sub-Driver
One look at this guy and you know he aint right, only thing missing is 2 bolts on the side of his neck!
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:57:25 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(IF YOU ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE BY 35 YOU HAVE NO BRAIN. W CHURCHILL)
To: vietvet67
He answered: “I’m very hoarse.”
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posted on
08/23/2008 9:59:05 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:01:09 AM PDT
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: Sub-Driver
Pay close attention to my tagline.
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:02:06 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(Ali Bama isn't going to make it!)
To: IbJensen
FAT CHANCE , OBAMA WILL NOT WIN
To: Sub-Driver
So much for “change” - the Washington elite (Jobamajohn) are still very much in the democrat political picture. Doesn’t matter though, Obama is toast!
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:16:13 AM PDT
by
cblue55
(Liberalism is a mental illness)
To: Sub-Driver
So much for “change” - the Washington elite (Jobamajohn) are still very much in the democrat political picture. Doesn’t matter though, Obama is toast!
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:16:37 AM PDT
by
cblue55
(Liberalism is a mental illness)
To: Sub-Driver
'John Kerry to take over Foreign Relations Committee?'
Well .... that would definitely improve our relations with..
- Communist Vietnam
- the tin-pot midget Communist nut in North Korea
- Communist China
- Cuba
- the Communist whack-job running Venezuela
- the Communist FARC rebels in Columbia
- his old Communist friend Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua
Hmm, it seems like Kerry's got a thing for Communists.
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:24:03 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
To: Sub-Driver
Irony! His
testimony before this very committee cause so much pain and unwarranted suspicion toward so many veterans. Now he has, what he will see as a mandate, a capability to destroy the lives of Iraqi veterans. Personally, I place Kerry far below the other Democrat presidential candidates, including Obama, specifically for his lying VVAW "introduction" to politics and the direction it took American politics. He is the lowest of left-wing scum.
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:25:54 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
(just another liberal-bashing fearmonger)
To: Sub-Driver
**John Kerry to take over Foreign Relations Committee?**
Heaven help us. LOL!
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posted on
08/23/2008 10:27:47 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(With God all things are possible.)
To: sheik yerbouty
To: vietvet67
good evening ladies are any of you foreign?
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posted on
08/23/2008 11:32:10 AM PDT
by
edzo4
(Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
To: edzo4
lol.
I think we know what that straw is in the red cup. Someone posted pics of it up close. ha
To: jmaroneps37
Sit down frenchie, hair plugs Joe biden-biden aint going anywhere. Amen. "Plugs" will not need to look for a replacement for the Chairmanship.
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posted on
08/23/2008 12:16:23 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: vietvet67
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posted on
08/23/2008 8:13:20 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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