DeWine to replace Bolton?

According to a story in today's New York Times about the resignation of United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, Ohio's senior senator, who just lost a re-election bid, is on the short list of possible candidates for the job:

"It was not immediately clear who would replace Mr. Bolton. The leading candidate appeared to be the American ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, who has told colleagues he is ready to leave Baghdad. Others said to be in the running are Richard S. Williamson, former ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Sen. Mike DeWine, the Ohio Republican who lost his re-election bid, and R. Nicholas Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs."

But DeWine told The Cincinnati Enquirer in a phone interview this morning that not only has he has not been approached by the White House or anyone else about the job, he's not even interested in it.

"I'm not interested and I'm going home to Cedarville," he said.

But would he consider it if he were asked?

"I suppose we could speculate about a lot of things," DeWine said, adding again: "I'm not interested. My intention is to be in Ohio."