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Rumormongering the Cabinet Appointments?
Corrente — Boston.com (yes, I know) is reporting that Tom Daschle is up for Health and Human Services. Obama may not pick Kerry for SoS but Congress (ok, Harry Reid) lines up to give Kerry a consolation prize. If Clinton accepts SoS, I'm trying to imagine what the nomination hearings might be like. (or can they just skip hearings and take it to a vote? The Senate does have to confirm Cabinet appointments, doesn't it? Or am I mixing it up with something else?). Read more…

Kerry Expected to Get Foreign Relations Chairmanship
News — ... Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) could be named the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as soon as Wednesday, according to congressional sources who spoke to the Boston Globe . Kerry is currently the third-most senior Democrat of the committee, behind Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.). Biden is leaving the chairmanship to assume the vice presidency, while Dodd said he will remain as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Kerry has reportedly been a contender to become Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

Kerry To Head Senate Foreign Relations Committee?
Daily Kos — From the Boston Globe: More than three decades after he first appeared before the panel as a 27-year-old Vietnam veteran-turned-antiwar protester, Senator John F. Kerry is widely expected to be named the new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a position that will give him enormous influence over international relations. The pending announcement by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, which congressional aides said could come as early as today, would elevate Kerry to the top of the foreign policy establishment and give him a ...