It must have been a pretty bad meeting when the media´s favorite Republican comes away unimpressed.

Susan Collins?? "Sec´y of State" Rice is toast...

Susan Rice should be the next Ambassador to Libya w/o any extra security.

Why are they pushing the gigolo for the post?

I suspect to get the gigolo out of the Senate!?

That´s right, if she comes out and opposes Traitor John as well, then I´ll be impressed. Rice may be the most incompetent, anti-American joke in this sad sack Administration, and that´s saying something.

If Susan Collins who votes further left than most democrats, can´t accept Ambassador Rice´s explanations then she doesn´t stand a chance for the SoS job. I don´t think Kerry does either but it´ll be fun trying to have him produce his military records. The quality of Obamas staff appointments so far has been uniformly low. I don´t expect it to get any better!

FTA: But one GOP senator told POLITICO Wednesday that McCain, Graham and Ayotte were so incensed after their powwow with Rice because they felt she was not being straight or candid with them about Benghazi

Powwow? Maybe Barry should just wait till after the New Year when Lizzie Warren (D-Cherokee Nation) can join in on the discussions.

In her usual slow, deliberate cadence, Susan Collins surgically ripped Susan Rice before the press mic.

It was something to behold. A shocker. And effective.

#3 poster has it right. Off to Bengazi to replace our dead ambassador.. No chance in hell this liar and traitor will get the nod or be passed in hearings.

Susan Rice has been a straw man/stalking horse all along. The nominee will be.....

Jon Huntsman.

You watch.

I acknowledge the good points made above -- but still, when will the spine-donor Republicans actually do something?

Do none of them comprehend the damage being done and threat of even worse from Obama and his administration?

What a sad state of affairs that RINOs, forced to criticize the UN ambassador for her outrageous lies will, in the next breath, extol the virtues of someone just as contemptuous, John Kerry.

Sounds like their narrowing the field, one idiot possibly disqualified, next idiot for secretary of state- kerry? Obviously, idiot is the qualifying characteristic. Following on the present idiot now in that office.

It´s too bad John Dillinger is dead . He would make a perfect 3rd choice for this bunch.

Bork her !!!!

Everyone seems to be so sure that Rice won´t get confirmed. Remember how certain we were that the Supremes would find zippycare unconstitutional and how certain we were that Romney would win?

I´ve always thought that Collins was hopelessly dumb. Maybe I was wrong.

Must agree with #11, I have the same kind of feeling about the SoS replacement. Everything the Chicago Gang on the Potomac does is a smoke screen for some other nefarious action. Can´t trust any of them, especially the non astute ValJar.

If the Sens really think she is a possible nominee (and not just a way to get Repubs to further P off the black and female vote), then one of them should just say "A nomination of Susan Rice for Secretary of State can only be saying one thing: the President thinks Sen. Kerry is not qualified for the job".

She like BO is. Poster child of affirmative action!

Rice it seems is the perfect product of the affirmative action, quota driven, divisive race bating world the Liberals have visited on us - multi-generational entitled attitude, arrogant, flippant, supercilious. She is a piece of work.

The opportunities lost for America while these negros play act is appalling. Obama Holder Rice Jarrett.
Oh my hurt feelings!

Very well orchestrated by the sleeezzeeee preeeezzzeeee.

Collins and Rice, two useful idiots.

Glad to learn that Ayotte has promised a hold on ANY replacement for hitlery until the Behghazzi matter is resolved.

I´m starting to get the sense that the WH Choom Gang is laffing their arses off at us - McCain/Graham, Ayotte/Collins - all of us spinning our heads over Susan Rice, when they planned something else, someone else, all along.

How John McCain can even LOOK at John Kerry even in the Senate knowing what J´Effin did and said about U.S. soldiers at the very time he, McCain, was in the Hanoi Hilton ... I´ll never know.

But then, I can´t pretend to EVER get inside the heads of our elected Super-Smarts.

Collins choice of words is not too bad but the cadence makes me crazy.

Is she a stroke victim or what ?

Let´s put our liberal thinking cap on. Why should Susan Rice even have a job? At age 38 she is worth over 30 million dollars from investing in EVIL OIL. Who wants someone like that in a liberal administration?

Surprised? Just Google "net worth of Susan Rice."

When Maureen Dowd is concerned about Rice you know you have a problem. No Drama Obama is actually All Drama All the Time Obama. He could fix this very easily and get back to trying to solve bigger problems, but he won´t.

This "in your face" Sec/of/state Rice is obama´s spike in the end/zone.....

I won and I´ll do as I please..... Hope President Romney´s watching his back today at lunch....

LZK

Part of this is policy but a lot is personality. Rice has made a lot of enemies over the years and the Sec of State job requires someone with a lot more tact than Rice. Obama may be as shocked as GHW Bush was when his nomination of John Tower for Defense crashed.

Thsuusaan Cauulliinths´ cadence, #26, is nothing more than a speech impediment that could have been corrected in childhood. She should spend some quality time with Barry, who whistles the letter S like a cheap plastic toy.

FTA: Rice acknowledged this week that she had mistakenly described the attack as something spontaneous rather than premeditated. But she said neither she nor anyone else in the administration intended to mislead the public.

I just read her bio at Wikipedia (don´t laugh) and it is not exactly a glowing bio. I always thought Wikipedia was written by the person or family of the personality in question.

Rice has a history of making "mistakes" and lots of people died. In many of her positions, she was simply too inexperienced, which surprisingly, is stated in the Wikipedia entry.

I really think Obama thought when he made Susan Rice the UN Ambassador, the morons who voted for him would think he was just elevating Condi Rice. They would only see the name Rice and not know the difference. Republicans should come out and publicly say "Susan Rice is no Condi Rice!"

Re: 17---I for one was never convinced Romney would win. Towards the end I became certain he would earn a clear majority of votes, popular and electoral. I was equally certain the Choomster would steal the election through vote fraud. And I was dead certain Republicans would do nothing about it.

I wonder which tribe will be represented? Wanna bet?

Re: The remarks of 23 and 29 - I suspect that she told Collins something like this, "Listen up, we´re black, we´re in your face and we´re not going away. Any criticism leveled at me or BO will be denounced as RACISM - got it? And by the way, we KNOW where you live!" Probably the same thing that Romney will hear at lunch.

Obama is flexing his potus muscles with Rice. I suspect for effect, to appease his black base and to show he´s appreciative for their efforts. He will select either Kerry or as #11 predicts, Jon Huntsman. If he selects Kerry, they may likely lose a senate seat. Therefore it could possibly be Huntsman.

I predict a recess appointment.

Maybe Senators are suddenly remembering that Susie Rice was the primary State Department voice demanding Pres. Clinton refuse Sudan´s offer of bin-Laden´s head on a plartter long before 9/11.

When you´ve lost Susan Collins...
# 31 Collins compensates for her speech impediment by speaking very slowly and deliberately,
which gives the impression
she´s not a quick thinker.
Barry´s obvious speech impediment has never once been acknowledged by his adoring media.
If George Bush had the same impediment , every time he spoke in public, the media would preface their report by mentioning the sibilance problem.
And when they asked him questions at a press conference,
they would collaborate
so all his answers required the use of the letter " S ".

Yes #17 and everybody forgot that 0´s approval rating was and still is 50% plus.

Rice CV

Rhodes Scholar -you KNOW what that bunch is up to
Foreign Policy advisor to Dukakis - oh lord
On Bill Clinton´s campaigns - she´s a crook
Management Consultant McKinsey & CO .. I repeat
Intellibridge
Brookings
Foreign Policy advisor, John Kerry - holy sh ...
CFR
Aspen Institute

This woman is programmed to be exactly what she is.

But how the hell did she become worth $33 million?

Public Service?

Does it really matter which career political hack Zippy plugs into the job?

You know your ship is sunk when you can´t even convince on of the dumbest RINO´s in the senate of your case. And trust me ole Suzzie is right up their as being one of the dullest knives in the Republican Senatorial drawer, right next to her buddy Murkowski. Susan rice is toast. It´s only a matter of how long the Obamanation keeps her in the oven.

Wow, I am actually proud of Collins for once! Rice is toast and hopefully so is Kerry!

Susan Rice is not the problem. She´s the smoke screen while Obama gets a free pass for letting Americans die. This is a "smoke and mirrors" presidency for sure.

Why were Americans denied military assistance when they were in a life and death situation and requesting it?

Hi folks. I am was as frustrated as anyone else re the lack of outrage coming from Repub big wheels in our Congress. Then I come across an article that shed a little light on the issue. In 1982 to settle a lawsuit the RNC and RSC entered into an agreement or Consent Decree which is national in scope. (Cant be racist). It limited RNCs ability to engage or assist in voter fraud prevention unless the RNC obtained court approval. Any prescint with majority of minority voters was off limits to voter screening. End result-- NO VOTER monitoring allowed by GOP. Google it for more prescise explanations. Case pending in SCOTUS, 30 years later. Goodby GOP.

#12, "The spine donor republican´s" aren´t going to do anything because Collins and the entire repub party are fully complicit and onboard Obama´s statist agenda.

What we are watching from Collins and the others on Benghazi is a smokescreen and pure "Theatre" to make us think they are putting up a fight against the dems. They are not. Just as their protests about new taxes are phony. They will cave on everything including the ´Dream Act´ while we are focusuing on Benghazi and the upcoming Christmas Holiday´s. The same tactic the repubs used before they caved to Obama by design,on virtually everything during the 2010 lame Duck session during the week leading up to Christmas. They mean to drag out Benghazi untill the Christmas vacation hoping we will foget about it by the time they return,much like Issa and Boehner dragged out ´Fast and Furious´ with their ´Good cop,Bad cop´ routine. Anyone heard about ´Fast and Furious´ lately? I didn´t think so. And 300 mexican´s and two American Border Patrol agents were murdered in that one and all as a pretext to take away our God Given second Ammendment Right´s.

They are all collaborative Traitors in both Parties. WE need a Third Party Now!

I think it´s time for Sarah Palin to come out and suggest they nominate somebody awful-to insure that they don´t nominate them!

Go bless Collins and Ayotte, but their voices drive me up a tree.