That's the problem with the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, you don't get cool, you get hot drama. Here is the latest from the news cycle.
Washington Post: Reports that the Clintons have given the Obama all the information that they have requested but also promised that President Clinton in future will abide by all the Obama rules, all his speeches vetted by the White House. The more you get in to the detail of this idea, it just gets worse, as Bill Clinton ever had any self control, give me a break, what is going to be like with a new rock star in the White House, and he has to act like some unpaid Cabinet Member who has to get White House approval for all his actions. Does recall the Duke of Windsor after 1936, and that turned out well!! If Obama get Richardson in and quick, this is turning in to another Clinton Drama.
The New York Times: Mr Friedman gets to the crux of the Hillary problem, he writes the following in the Liberal Times, " My question: Is Obama considering Mrs. Clinton for this job in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back? " The 2008 election race was a two year affair, if Hillary is at State then Obama wont face any problems in running in 2012, if Hillary is not at State and the economy is a mess, the Wars are still going in Iraq and Afghanistan then we could see Hillary do a Reagan as in 1976. In this day and age Foreign Policy is done from the White House, thus you get rid of Hillary at State, so no threat to a smooth run in 2012 and if its a mess on the domestic and international front you get cover from the Clintons. President - Elect Obama has learned Chicago rules well, but this is the Clintons, they are the original mean machine, will they think better for Hillary to stay in the Senate and wait for Obama to become less popular as a result of the above and run in 2012. Also lets be honest reader can you seen Obama supporting Clinton or wanting all the credit on the International Front, he is the new rock star, he does not need a Secretary who is measuring the Drapes of the Oval Office for a possible Presidential run.
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