Brownstein seems to think Kerry's already won

He spends his Sunday column speculating on the Kerry cabinet.

No one is picking out their curtains yet, but speculation about who might fill the top foreign policy positions in a John Kerry presidency is already intense.

Early handicapping on a Kerry secretary of State focuses primarily on three names. For many, the top two contenders are Richard C. Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat who served as Bill Clinton's ambassador to the United Nations, and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), who has worked with Kerry on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for two decades.

Too bad there are months before we will know. But it's nice to get the mind off the horrible events in Iraq.