Reports show Sen. John Kerry a shoo in for Sec. of State

Apparently President Obama has decided Senate Foreign Relations Committee head John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in Foggy Bottom. Anonymous reports from Reuters, CNN, and ABC News confirm Kerry's nomination from the President following UN Ambassador Rice's recent withdrawal from consideration.

According to Reuters, Kerry's announcement could come early as mid-week: However, it could be delayed to prevent any perceptions of an over-hasty return to politics considering the devastating events at Sandy Hook Elementary, Connecticut. 

Kerry's announcement may come packaged with multiple changes for the President's second term: Stuffed with controversy, and wrapped in a great big bow. Rhetoric carolers will be singing and praising the President's nominations despite the "bumps in the road" as so elegantly put by the President: 

President Obama's "Bumpy" Nominations:

• Tom Daschle 
• Nominated to be Health and Human Services Secretary
• Withdrew due to tax scandal
• Tim Geithner
• Nominated & Current Treasury Secretary
• Called to testify during AIG scandal 
• Bill Richardson
• Nominated to be Commerce Secretary
• Withdrew due to federal Grand Jury investigations into exchanged government contracts for contributions to three Richardson political committees.
• Nancy Killefer
• Withdrew to be Chief Performance Officer due to unpaid taxes
• Susan Rice
• Nominated to be Hillary Clinton's replacement as Secretary of State
• Withdrew due to mass controversy surrounding the Benghazi attack on September 11, 2012
• Rice appeared on several media engines and deceitfully misled the American people pre-election claiming the coordinated terrorist attack was merely an uprising over an anti-Muslim film streamed on YouTube.

Through careful speculation, several other questionable nominations have littered this administration poisoning all branches of government.  

And on a taxation note- what ever happened to "paying your fair share" when the root of the majority of Obama's controversial nominees have withdrawn due to continuous speculations and accusations around tax evasion?

Here are some possible key player changes upon Kerry's announcement:

The announcement of Kerry’s nomination will probably come as a package that would also include Obama’s choice for defense secretary. Former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel is seen as the top contender for that post. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey is expected to take over Kerry's role in the Foreign Relations Committee, reports the Sun-Times.

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