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With victory in hand, it's time for Bush to restock his Cabinet. Colin Powell and John Ashcroft will probably depart; Condoleezza Rice may get a new post...
...diplomat. One possibility is JOHN DANFORTH, the current ambassador to the U.N. He has support on Capitol Hill (where he served three terms as Senator from Missouri) and has won praise for pushing the Sudanese close to a peace deal after three years of negotiations. Another candidate is CONDOLEEZZA RICE. As National Security Adviser, she has dealt with virtually every foreign leader who matters but draws her influence more from her proximity to the Oval Office than her ability to hammer out disputes between the Administration's long-divided factions...
...RICE checks out, her job too is up for grabs--but only to those who meet two qualifications. They must get along with Bush, and they must win the O.K. of the Vice President. Paul Wolfowitz meets both tests, and the job is a good landing place for him if he leaves Defense, since it does not require Senate confirmation. Also in the running is I. LEWIS (Scooter) LIBBY, Dick Cheney's chief of staff and another Pentagon veteran. The dark-horse candidate is ROBERT BLACKWILL, a hard-nosed dealmaker who has quietly handled Iraqi policy in the past year...
...least another year. His chances of staying are helped, ironically, by the lack of confirmable alternatives. Deputy Secretary PAUL WOLFOWITZ has been widely criticized for predicting that U.S. troops would be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, and he would have a hard time winning Senate confirmation. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, who is believed to prefer the Pentagon job to Secretary of State, is a more likely choice--unless, as some speculate, she wants a breather from government...
...case you just can’t do the “Time Warp” at the Saturday night performances at the Harvard Square Loew’s, try The Footlight Club’s live version of The Rocky Horror Show. Leave your water pistols and rice at home: the producers want to keep the historical Eliot Hall in good condition. Tickets $21. 8 p.m. Running through Nov. 13. Call (617) 524-3200 for more info. Eliot Hall, 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain...