Susan Rice will Not run for Secretary of State

Oh no! Susan Rice is taking her name out of the running for the Secretary of State.

She talked about why with NBC’s Brian Williams:

“Today, I made the decision that it was the best thing for our country, for the American people that I not continue to be considered by the president for nomination of secretary of state,” Rice told NBC’s Brian Williams.

“I didn’t want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting and very disruptive because there are so many things we need to get done as a country and the first several months of a second term president’s agenda is really the opportunity to get the crucial things done.” 

Rice noted that President Obama’s second-term agenda included the “comprehensive immigration reform, balanced deficit reduction, job creation.” 

She added, “And to the extent that my nomination could have delayed or distracted or deflected or maybe even some of these priorities impossible to achieve, I didn’t want that and I much prefer to keep doing what I’m doing which is a job I love at the United Nations.”

Man, I understand why, but I wished she stayed in.