Reply #7: Well the Globe has the story

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/03/could_kerry_be.html

t’s the speculation US Senator John Kerry just can’t shake: Is he seeking to be the next secretary of state?

The conjecture grows more intense as the Massachusetts Democrat and chair of the Foreign Relations Committee has taken highly-public role in shaping US policy toward the political upheaval in the Middle East.

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledging in a CNN interview that she would not serve another term if President Obama is reelected in 2012, could the stage be set for Kerry to take over? With his lengthy foreign policy experience, Kerry has long been considered by pundits a potential cabinet pick for Obama, whom Kerry strongly supported early in his presidential candidacy.

But does Kerry want to be secretary of state?

“No,” said the senator’s spokesperson, Whitney Smith, in a one-word answer by email.

Somehow that doesn't sound like the final word on the subject.

So, this is the new standard at the Globe? They create the story, then wonder why Kerry cannot shake it?

On the other hand, this is all they heard of the speech today

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/03/kerry_presses_o.html