OMG - you have to read this Hill article praising Kerry on this

[karynnj]

It is amazing when people are speaking in terms that only us usually use. It is hard to know what to excerpt. ( I know I just posted the CSM article, but this deserves a thread of its own.

I have seen many senators come and go, and John Kerry is one of the finest I have ever known. His prodigious work on the START Treaty was a textbook case of what a senator and committee chairman can do, in the best tradition of the Senate.

Kerry's knowledge of nuclear weaponry is comprehensive and deep. His ability to work with Republicans in good faith is profound. His relationships with military leaders, his heroism during the Vietnam War when the served with the United States Navy and his legislative skill as a senator and chairman led to the great triumph for Kerry, the Senate, and American diplomacy today.
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Today was John Kerry's finest hour, of many fine hours, and many more to come from one of the great chairmen in the tradition of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/134893-john-kerrys-finest-hour

This is such a well deserved victory for the Senator, who I hope now has a very Merry Christmas with his family.

[karynnj]

1. E.J. Dionne in the Washington Post speaks of what the approval could portend

for next year. I think he might be ignoring that this was an issue that should have been completely nonpartisan, but his ideas are interesting. At any rate, he had these good words for Kerry:

"He also had in Sen. John Kerry, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, a champion who did everything right when it came to managing the process. All of Kerry's best traits were on display here: his relentless work ethic, his methodical approach to directing the hearings on the treaty and the quiet passion he brings to the cause of arms control. Democrats would do well to figure out similarly appropriate matches of senators and House members to particular issues."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/12/what_the_start_vote_says_about.html

[Luftmensch067]

2. It really doesn't often get much better than these outside this forum!

It is a huge satisfaction and relief to see JK's hard work and stellar gifts appreciated. Thanks for posting these!

[politicasista]

3. He deserves many kudos on this

Congrats to Senator Kerry (small praise for Alexander and Corker) for this nice FP accomplishment. Hope he has a nice Christmas with family.


Sorry for ruining the GDP thread. (Guess me not that liked for what was said :shrug:)

[karynnj]

6. It's not a question of liked, which you are, but that the post was not liked

by me and BLM. The thread was not ruined.

[politicasista]

7. Ok

Happy Holidays to you and the K group. :hi:

[ProSense]

4. I would say

one of the finest of many fine hours.

Still, wonderful and well-deserved recognition.

[wisteria]

5. I am just so happy to see him receive this recongition. n/t