Time article - "one Wiki winner: John Kerry?"

[karynnj]

Nice article, other than the typical SOS speculation. (The last paragraph is essentially a fair concern - though I think Kerry's Afghanistan hearings have been far stronger than this implies. I guess Kerry would need to sound like Grayson, before they realize that he is asking the tough questions and has had his independent opinion since the Clinton confirmation hearing.) It also ignores, that given what Kerry has done as a diplomat as Senator, he might prefer his independence and the chances for diplomacy he has.

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/12/07/one-wiki-winner-john-kerry/

I disagree with the comment that he was too optimistic about Syria. In all his public comments he was always very cautious and he has taken Syria to task for what it was doing in Lebanon. The difference was that he thought it worthwhile to try and saw a case where it could be in their interest. There was no naivety there - rather an attempt to find a way to make it in their vested interest to stop destructive behavior.

[Mass]

1. I noticed it too. It is all the more remarkable that it is an blog post by Michael Crowley.

This TNR writer has never been a Kerry fan, far from it.

[karynnj]

2. I hadn't recognized the name - that really does make it remarkable

[Mass]

3. Something is wrong with former TNR writers. Ryan Lizza has Kerry in his list of the

Top Ten Most Intriguing Political Personalities of 2010 (Who Merit Watching in 2011). Of course, it comes with the usual SoS rumors and comments about "years in the wilderness", but did something happened to these former TNR bloggers of the 2004 campaign.


http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/12/ryan-lizza-year.html

John Kerry: Kerry, after several years in the wilderness following his 2004 Presidential loss, emerged in 2010 as both one of the most important legislators and one of the most important diplomats of the Obama era. Despite some flawed but heroic efforts to pass a cap-and-trade bill, the legislator thing didn’t turn out so well for him. But the WikiLeaks cables reveal Kerry as an important statesman, trouble-shooting problems for Obama in Afghanistan and other hot spots. Watch for Kerry to do battle with Richard Holbrooke and others next year as the heir to Secretary of State Clinton.