Hillary Clinton: Soon to be Madame Secretary? The speculation—following Andrea Mitchell’s breaking of the Obama’s-considering-Clinton news yesterday—has been rampant. The Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney, citing “two senior Democratic officials,” is reporting that Obama has, indeed, offered his former rival the Secretary of State position. The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut, citing “several people involved in the process,” reports more modestly that Clinton “is now considered a top contender for the role of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.” The New York Times’s Jackie Calmes, even more modestly, reports that, as of Friday afternoon, “it was unclear how seriously Mr. Obama was considering bringing Mrs. Clinton, his onetime rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, into his cabinet.”
So uncertainty feeds frenzy, and frenzy feeds humor. Making the following line, which Clinton trotted out at a conference hosted by the New York Public Transit Association earlier today—a conference attended, for, um, some reason, by “a couple dozen reporters and photographers”—extra-humorous: “I have to start by saying I’m very happy there is so much press attention and interest in transit,” Clinton joked.
Sec. of State is an important position and it takes some one who can be subordinate yet dilligent with opposition to the President's blind sides.
Sen. Clinton definately can oppose Obama but can she support him. His decision making style may conflict with her reasoning. And is Obama thinking about the fact that Clinton will be representing him abroad? Talk about foreign policy experience. The world wants him in the first place: the world has a different image of her. Is there no other office to promote her to- since Obama feels the need to pacify his Demo constituent.
Posted by JatoDiop on Sat 15 Nov 2008 at 03:23 AM
I do want to be fair about one critical quality that Sen. Clinton has that will benefit the world in the long run. Sen. Clinton strongly believes in the freedom and empowerment of women at the global level. With the relentless violence in central African and Sudan, and the terrorism and disenfranchisement of familes for the Middle East down to South Africa, no one could better pick where Sec. Rice leaves off than Sen. Clinton.
Posted by JatoDiop on Sat 15 Nov 2008 at 03:36 AM