It's definitely possible. Kerry had personal misgivings about Edwards (there are a multitude of reasons, including a distrust of his character, but the most damning electorally was that Kerry thought Edwards was too ambitious--that he'd stab him in the back the second that things got tough). One...
Makes sense, yeah. I just remembered a quote from The Guardian--one of their articles predicting Kerry's cabinet and potential appointees: "Richard Holbrooke says Richard Holbrooke is the leading candidate [for State]."
Oh, forgot this--
Others have said a lot about this, so I'll be brief.
To take some pages out of the New York Times, here's what they postulated on for names (plus some Certified Olivia Commentary):
*Harold Hongju Koh: Better suited for State than the Supreme Court (could replace...
This was the thread that convinced me to get SLP, since someone linked me it and it pained me that I couldn't respond right away. One of my old timelines was a Kerry '04 victory, the Dethroning of Dubya (since then I've gravitated more towards the fascinating Howard Dean, so "Kerry's Choice" is...