Hillary as sec of state is bad news for hillary
Just thinking here, if hillary takes the job as sec of state as is being reported, it is a huge risk for her. She will vacate her senate seat, both clintons will divest from any potentially conflciting holdings, and Bill will stop the international speaking tours. The thing is, if 6 months down the road Obama decides that Hillary is either ineffective, distratcing, uncooperative, or he just doesn;t like what bill is doing, she can be completely out of politics. Serving on the cabinet is the ultimate "at will" workplace, Obama can terminate her at any time without cause. He has 4 years to a reelection, plenty of time to forget about the clintons.
Accepting this position is a much bigger risk to Hillary than it is to Obama. She will have nothing to go back to.
Hillary probably doesn't realize that President Obama has created a civil service position who's only job is to call Hillary on the phone each morning at 3AM.
November 22, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is not bad news for Hillary. Obama is only going to be around for one term. He's a transformational figure. It's like he'll hit the reset button for our Nation and the world, to put us back on the right coarse. He's just setting Hillary up to take his place in 2012. She will know the world issues first hand. She will finish progressing healthcare from Obama's plan to full universal care. That's why Obama's picking some Clinton retreads(he can't make it overtly obvious to the Republicans & the MSM). Michelle is not going to let her daughters go through their teenage years in the White House. She's protective and smart. Obama will fall back on his first passion of writing
November 23, 2008 7:02 AM | Reply | Permalink