Susan Rice today withdrew her name from consideration to be the next Secretary of State:

I am highly honored to be considered by you for appointment as Secretary of State. I am fully confident that I could serve our country ably and effectively in that role. However, if nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities. That trade-off is simply not worth it to our country. It is far more important that we devote precious legislative hours and energy to enacting your core goals, including comprehensive immigration reform, balanced deficit reduction, job creation, and maintaining a robust national defense and effective U.s. gJobal leadership. Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time.

 Shades of the Dawn Johnsen left-twisting-in-the-wind episode.