he was sworn in and, knowing this pope's background, looped him into the full-court press efforts early on along with some leading Muslim clerics. Kerry would have been an amazing president.

President Carter is a decent man, but he is only expressing an opinion, and his opinions have not always been correct. Ignoring the opening of relations with Cuba, and not giving President Obama any credit for Iran, makes me wonder where he is coming from? Yes, Kerry does deserve a lot of credit for what he is trying to do, but he is doing it under the President. The removal of the Syrian chemical weapons is also significant.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/jimmy-carter-obama-foreign-policy_n_7706210.html

Perhaps President Carter doesn't realize that the Secretary of State does the bidding of the President

There is plenty of domestic policy to criticize President Carter on, but I won't change the subject, except it set the stage for reagan

My esteem for Kerry has risen sharply since his appointment as Secretary of State.

Between Carter and the Clintons? In addition, I remember that JK was the first to invite Carter to speak at his convention. Incidentally carter endorsed no one in the 2004 primaries. I would guess Kerry's closeness to Kennedy would have been a reason against him.

Carter is a very complex man, a good man, but often willing to speak what he thinks when it would be more political not to.

That said, either because of who he is or HRC using SOS for research building, he has taken on many many challenges that she would have stayed far away from. Even just counting the Syrian CW deal and the fact that he was instrumental in getting a good reconciliation after the contested Afghanistan election. If there is an Iran deal, on the American side credit is all to Obama and Kerry.

are definitely biased.