Could be.

“Among the senior jobs the president-elect must fill, no position looms larger than that of Secretary of State.

It’s the cabinet’s top prize: an office, fourth in line in presidential succession, first held by Thomas Jefferson, with past occupants including James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and George C. Marshall.

With the country engaged in two protracted wars and tense diplomatic negotiations in North Korea and elsewhere, the State Department will undoubtedly play a central role in the first months of the Barack Obama administration. And Obama’s choice for the department’s lead post will help define what kind of approach he’ll take to diplomacy and international affairs.

Unlike the last two newly-elected presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama does not necessarily have a clear choice for the position of Secretary of State. In 1992, former State Department official Warren Christopher was seen as a leading candidate for the position as early as the summer before the election. Eight years later, in 2000, Colin Powell was an almost prohibitive favorite to get the nod from President-elect Bush.

Obama, on the other hand, has a longer list of possibilities to choose from for America’s top diplomat.

If the soon-to-be 44th president wants to draw on the expertise of the Democratic Party’s foreign-policy establishment, three names likely would be at the top of his State Department short list: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former United Nations ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry.”

Any more ideas that Obama is going to represent from the center? If Kerry gets it his first mission should be to Cambodia to look for those Christmas pictures.