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THERE'S SPECULATION PRESIDENT
OBAMA MAY OFFER A NEW JOB TO
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN
KERRY. 22NEWS REPORTER NICOLE
NALEPA LOOKS INTO THE RIPPLE
EFFECT THIS COULD HAVE ON OUR
STATE.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT ON THE
TABLE RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD OF
POLITICS...AND MASSACHUSETTS IS
SOMEHOW FINDING ITSELF IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT ALL. A NEW REPORT
OUT BY THE WASHINGTON POST SAYS
THAT U.S. SENATOR JOHN KERRY IS
BEING EYED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
FOR THE ROLE OF SECRETARY OF
STATE OR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
HE WOULDN'T BE A BAD CHOICE. HE
IS ON ALL THE RELEVANT
COMMITTEES...HE OF COURSE HAS
EXPERIENCE IN THE MILITARY.
IF KERRY WERE TO AGREE TO EITHER
JOB, IT WOULD TRIGGER A SPECIAL
ELECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS TO
FILL HIS SENATE SEAT.
...WHICH COULD POSE AS A PROBLEM
FOR THE DEMOCRATS WHO--RIGHT
NOW--HAVE CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT
POLITICAL STRONGHOLD...GOVERNOR
PATRICK WOULD HAVE TO PUT
SOMEONE IN THAT SEAT WHO WOULD
VOTE LIKE KERRY.
IT'S EXTREMELY UNUSUAL THAT THE
PUBLIC IS ACTUALLY SEEING HOW
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW, IS
TRYING TO MANEUVER TO BE ABLE TO
HANG ON TO A DEMOCRATIC
SENATE--UTILIZE THAT WELL.
HANGING ON IS EXACTLY WHAT
THEY'D TRY TO DO...SINCE IT'S
POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN SENATOR
SCOTT BROWN WOULD TRY AND GRAB
HOLD OF IT. AND SOME VOTERS TOLD
22NEWS THEY WOULDN'T MIND IF
THAT HAPPENS...
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM IN
THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE A
GOOD SHIFT OF POWER AND A GOOD
BALANCING.
AS EXPERTS CONTINUE TO SPECULATE
ABOUT KERRY'S POSSIBLE
MOVE...CRITICS SAY
POLITICIANS--ON BOTH
SIDES--SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE