nice description of Sen. Kerry

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from oped on David Ignatius, giving Pres. (YES! : )) Obama advice for his (YES! : )) second term.
Warning: some material may not be suitable for those sick to death of SoS speculation re Sen. Kerry ( a category in which I include myself). http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-obama-go-big/2012/11/07/dbf545f8-28fc-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html

Here are some highly selective excerpts:

Barack Obama will be getting advice by the boatload over the next few weeks, but the best guidance may be what emerges from Caro’s biography “The Passage of Power”: Think big. Find strategies and pressure points that can break the gridlock in Congress, which was as rigid in 1963 as it is today. Surprise your adversaries with bold moves and concessions that create new space on which to govern.. .

In foreign policy, Obama will need to be equally strategic. . . .

All these primary foreign policy goals are “deals,” and it follows that the president needs a dealmaker as secretary of state. Who could do that, after Hillary Clinton leaves . . . ? John Kerry is an experienced man who thinks outside the box and is willing to take risks. . . . Kerry has shown over the past four years a willingness to negotiate with adversaries, in secret, to achieve results.

. . "experienced man who thinks outside the box and is willing to take risks". . . .yup, that's my guy. Keep it up, Sen. Kerry!