Details on Hillary-Barack Meeting

Agreed Ms. G…..he said, she said according to “a source”.
What say you, Mr. President-elect?

Who cares.

Turn it down Hillary!!

I have lost so much respect for voters of this country after they elected B.O. as president. Of course, after Bush, it shouldn’t have surprised me if Ghengis Khan was elected, should he have been around. I don’t really care WHO is Secretary of State at this point.

Why would anyone pick Hillary who was NOTHING MORE THAN BILL CLINTON’S WIFE!!What garbage, what sick crap this country will turn into, with these self-centered EGOTISTICAL KNOW-NOTHING, A-holes.

Perfect choice. He”s so very brillant!

hope and change….means more clinton retreads..and even a REAL clinton??
hope and change????????????

I think Hillary would be a great choice if she excepts the position. Republicans you lost so this conversation is not for you

Good move Barack. Get her out of the Senate then get the goons to slaughter her in your MSM every day and then fire her. She will be out on the street looking for a job in no time. Thats the way to treat women.
If she stays in the Senate and becomes Senate Majority Leader you will have to put up with a woman in the Senate. Hard for a guy like you and your goons.
Well you set the trap. Now you have to see if she takes the bait and gets caught.

This is fantastic news! Obama may turn out to be one of the best Presidents in history. He should pick McCain to be Sec of Defense. Even the most hardened liberals I know believe that would be a great idea to bring this country together and have the best running the show. Finally, America seems to be on the right track. I’m so happy to be an American.

Obama is just trying to put her in a position so she can’t run against him in 2012 if he manages to disappoint his worshipers.

Just my two cents – I am a huge Obama supporter and am extremely enthusiastic (as are most Obama supporters) to see Clinton considered as Sec of State. It is a step in the right direction. The world knows her and respects her (for the most part). Most importantly, I’m glad we have an intelligent president elect who takes his cues from historical examples of what works and what doesn’t work.

It would BE AWESOME, and to the people that are saying this would be disappointing to them, grow up! She is one of the most respected women in the world, and this would be PERFECT for her. Europe, and Isreal, and Russia, all have great respect for the Clintons, and this would be the MOST perfect person for this job. I am SO excited! I really hope he does this, its icing on the cake!

I think she is an excellent choice. She would also be good in charge of health care.
To those who are critical of Hillary, she is so far ahead of that bimbo Palin it’s ridiculous. Hillary can stand with any of them. Palin on the other hand is so incompetent she is scary. She could have wound up our President. How scary is that?

I also think she would be a strong force in the senate so it would not be a bad thing for her to stay right where she is.

GO HILLARY SHE WILL BE GREAT SHE IS RESPECTED THE WORLD OVER. SO ALL YOU HRC HATERS GET OVER IT AND GET USE TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS LOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. REMEMBER 18 MILLION VOTES IS A LOT OF VOTES.

Hillary would be a good choice, particularly considering that she’s held in such high international regard. Those of you who’re making snide comments about this not being reported as something concrete must have precious little familiarity with news and/or truth. This is a blog. The story has been reported as as concrete as it is, which right now is not definite. The developments have been truthfully blogged. When it’s a hard news story, it’ll appear as such with a headline. Get a grip.

This arrangement was agreed upon after he won the nomination and her husband went to Obama and said “if you want us to campaign for you, Hillary wants to be Sec. of State. Whats your answer? End of story. Gee Hillary I thought you really wanted to represent to stupid people of NY. New Yorkers are really dumb. She never had any real intentions of representing you clowns. You were an end to a means. Wake up..

paul sweeney,
You are a sore loser!!!!

I am an Amerucan and I don’t ever want to go through this again. Right Wingism has always led to war and economic turmoil.

Why Hillary ? Everyone expected Obama to start a new foreign policy and repair past mistakes. Hillary would be a grand mistake – she is not a professional diplomat and it was under her reign that US started on foreign policy decline. Numerous errors and lack of attention has precipitated problem that Bush administration inherited from Clintons. Fall of democracy in Russia, rise of Islamic fundamentalism and lack of genuine US preventetive policy to stop 9/11. No coherent US policy on practically anything including bungling of Middle East negotiation which involved Clintons and deepening the crisis by legitimizing Arafat as serious negotiator and neglecting real leaders that could have been brought-up to restart negotiation process. This woman lacks real knowledge and does not have a full grasp of internation political dynamics. Obama ! Bring a real diplomat, such as Holbrook, to help you with foreign policy.

to Paul Sweeny…wow what an investigative journalist you are! you have facts of this “arrangement” right? she will be an asset to the new administration. i hope the position is offered to her and that she accepts.
Obama would be president-elect with or without the Clintons’ help.

I don’t like the offer to her-He needs to put a different brand of person in this position-I feel it could spell out trouble–
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Why does anyone have to bash anyone else. Can’t people just debate issues without going off the deep end to spew out hatred?

Good move by Obama!
Senator Hillary Clinton has the gravitas, commitment, loyalty and wisdom to be a great Secretary of State! :)

Joe, i agree with you. i don’t think people should trash Palin and talk about her in a hateful way. while i don’t agree she is a great american i believe she is a good american. i think she was forced into the role of attack dog and had to resort to some ugly methods that she probably would have preferred not to be part of. i don’t think trashing anyone lifts us up. hate just destroys.

My opinion is that all of you that are agaisnt Mrs.Clinton don’t know what your saying. This lady started as first lady of the United Stated after wards she went to my home town and there became what she is know the N.Y Senator,And she still tried to became the first female President of the United States and for that I give all the credit that she diserves as what she is. Mrs Clinton aint a garbage nor sick. Probbaly your a garbage or sick minded Robby 1000 If don’t like of Mr. Obama one suggestion get the hell out of this country plain simple and God Bless America.

In the debates, Hillary Clinton didn’t even know who was the President of the Russia. She talked about landing in combat zones in Bosnia and working on the Northern Ireland peace accords, all lies. She is seen internationally as a fraud, and as a back woods lawyer who does deals, takes bribes and lies. They know her from the countless sleaze deals that came out of the Clinton white house. She would be an insult to the US as secretary of state.
The Secretary of State should be someone of impeccable integrity and decency. Someone who could command respect for their knowledge of geo politics and international relationships. Above all else, a person who is held in high esteem for their wise council and worldly wisdom.
The United States is trying to recover from the debacle of having the imbecile George Bush as head of state, a person who is universally despised around the world as an ogre. Now we are getting the Queen of Sleaze as secretary of state. Certainly Obama can do better.
I voted for change. If Hillary Clinton is secretary of state, I will vote for change again. Maybe McCain wasn’t so bad after all.

This would be another major mistake for America. She was never anything other than the President’s wife! She has been riding on his coat tails since day one. We are all doomed……..

I actually kind of want her to stay in the
Senate to help overhaul the health care system in this country. I think she is uniquely positioned to do that given her interest in and expertise on the health care issue. I think there are other people who are at least as qualified to become Secretary of State.

I would have preferred her on the supreme court. I think she would be a great balance on the supreme court. Specially after the latest Bush appointees.

I am a republican and I actually support this decision if he names her as Secretary of State. I may not agree with his policies but he is our president and it’s time to get back to business and clean up the corruption and bring back a government for the people.

I would hope she has nothing to do with what is going to be the most crooked, corrupt and secretive administration which will make bush look like an open book. But that said. I wish she would Kerry and Richardson are filling their shorts because they want it and if she took it away from them I would love it. After all they endorsed the crooked butt obama.

It’s funny to watch the who’s who of the American Left jockey for a first class seat on the Titanic that will be the Obama Administration.

Historically, Presidents have bypassed the Sec. of State in favor of the National Security Adviser when forming and implementing foreign policy (think of Nixon sending Kissinger to China). This might be a way to include Clinton in the administration, but in a way that doesn’t give her much authority, especially since a lot of foreign policy is run out of the Dept. of Defense with regard to the Iraq war. However, it might signify that Obama wants to reopen the Mid. East peace process, or work on European relations more, since the Clintons were well regarded as effective negotiators by the PLO and Israel, and Hilary did a lot of work negotiating between Sin Fein (spelling?) and the Northern Irish government–got her a lot of kudos in Europe, and a lot of connections.

When you consider what happened to Vince Foster…….. . Well, maybe the best place for Hillary is inside the White House.

Obama is Michael Corleone: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. He can keep Hillary under his thumb, marching to his tune. If she flames out (not in the Ron Brown sense but in the one and done sense) she’ll be out of view for a possible 2nd Obama term, and pretty old and irrelevant by 2016. Funny thing is, by the end of the primaries, I found her rhetoric to be less empty than his.

Hillary would be a great SecState, but I hope she doesn’t take it.
What about Bill? He’d be good, too.

Why is it that BO opponents are now “haters”? When Democrats spoke out against the Bush administration they said they were patriotic for doing so. Now that we speak out against BO we’re haters. Why is it that when we speak out we are sore losers but when you speak out your are being noble? I don’t hate BO I fear him and what he, by his words and his actions, appears to stand for. 52% of Americans wanted change and change is what they’ll get. Be careful what you wish for America…

I love the whole “She got 18 million votes” thing. So did he. Plus 65 million more.

People calm yourseleves. I hope she takes it, and whoever said she has been riding on bill’s coattails is so wrong. She has made a name for herself. Hillary has been a trailblaizer the first first lady to come to the white house with a post graduate degree and she will continue to shine. The truth of the matter is that as much as I love Bill he is hte onhas been riding hercoattails since 96. If she had divorced his butt he would never have gotten re-elected.

The bitterness of the conservative right wing robots on this board is really amusing. Just can’t stomach the thought of a non Republican in the White House, especially one with some intelligence. I wish we could put you all on an island in the Pacific, the world would be a better place.

Excellent Choice, next he needs to find a position for Collen Powell. By the way did any of you see the Palin Matt Lauer interview? She was saying she was so Proud of Obama and would be honored to work in an Obama administration? Wha? LOL she’ll do anything or anyone to stay in the lime light.

“The time has come for Americans to trust a president for a change”?
You’ve gotta be kidding! ALL politicians should be looked at with utmost caution, suspicion and skepticism. “Beliving in” politicians is a fool’s game.
If he wants to be re-elected, he’ll have to move smartly to the center.
Disappointing his base? Who cares? He doesn’t need the base anymore. He used them once, then flushed them, just like Ayers, Aunt Zeituni and Wright.

I didn’t see that one coming. Awesome idea and I am nothing but impressed with Obama. Clinton is a fantastic choice for Secretary of State and I hope she will accept.

The whole “Republicans got us into this mess” thing is funny. The Community Reinvestment Act and Fannie/Freddie are Democrat mistakes and largely responsible for the failures of the financial markets. Democrats have been in charge of Congress for 2 years and they’ve done nothing to address these miserable failures. Republicans are not without blame here but to not recognize that Democrats and liberal agendas played a major role in getting us to where we are is simply wrong.

I didn’t have a horse in the race this year. McCain ran a poor campaign and Obama, despite his rhetorical gifts, is not up for this job either. We haven’t run decent candidates in decades. I am very fearful of the next four years. The choice of Hillary as SecState is laughable, she has no qualifications for this roles. It’s Obama’s payback to her so she can run again in 4-8 years and beat the “inexperienced” label. I know these people mean a lot to some of you, but from my perspective, we are in a very precarious position.

Mrs Clinton is a very strong woman and highly educated, I wish a fraction of the population was JUST LIKE HER…

I vote for Hillary Clinton’s Husband’s girlfriend for secretary of state!
The more things “Change”, the more they stay the same.

appoint Ms. Clinton to supreme court…then she is out of the way for good…

i think the goverment should give each american one hundred thousand dollars to pay off all their debts that will start getting the economy going again. why should we bail out anyone else.

Women don’t do well as Secretary of State for the USA.
Look at Momma Madeline. None of the Middle East countries want to deal with a woman. It’s sad, but true.

So much for all of the CHANGE Obama promised. I guess this is what you get for voting in a “Sham-wow Infomercial”.
Same as all of other “As Seen On TV” things, they never measure up to the hype that sold them. Except this one you can’t send back and if you could, you’d have to send it to Kenya because that’s where he is from. This will all backfire on Obama, just wait and see.

This just in: Obama does not change Washington, appoints same old faces and plays same old tricks. Nation, which did not bother to check his record before voting, shocked.

Obama is the wisest of all wise men. Whatever he says is right, I will accept. Wherever he leads, I will follow. Whenever he asks me to, I will drink of the Kool-Aid. All hail Obama, our dear leader…

What possible reason would anyone have to appoint Hillary for Sec’ty of State?

appoint Ms. Clinton to supreme court…then she is out of the way for good…
LOL! Love it.

Who gives a crap who he picks. The Russians (Putin / Medvedev) will eat him or her alive.

to everyone who cannot accept the results of the election, please grieve, mourn and move on. the election is over and the results definitive. no amount of hateful screed will make things different or any better. change the hate in to more positive feelings…hug your kids, read a book, catch a movie.

What a bunch of liberal idiots. If she is in his administration next election, she won’t run against him. Get it?

First cometh the shunning, then the payoff. Hillster emerges as Sec. State in Obama administrion, ABC News fawns and gives distance. Platitutdes, anyone?

A smart B. O. will hold off until the 1st Supreme Court appointment.. That will take her out of his life for her lifetime.. Would make about as much sense as anything else he has done, and he could get the confirmation

Palin was chosen because she was a conservative woman who would energize the base, myself included. Obama was chosen because he was black and would energize the liberal base. Palin has more experience than Obama, 8 years Mayor, 2 as Governor. Just because you don’t like her opinions is no reason to act like idiots. Obama is my president whether I like it or not. He has 1+ years experience as a junior senator. Those are the simple basic facts on Palin and Obama. I truly hope he is more JFK than Carter as all of our wagons are fixed to his engine. Remember, many great Americans were not experts when they lead, no matter what endeavor. It is their character I look to. Let’s hope he grows into these boots! We all live in the greatest country in the world. Let’s keep it that way.

oooooh the Tri-Lateral Commission! (smoke and mirrors and scary music). seriously isn’t that like 50 years old? not everyone can be the anti-christ can they? how can we tell if we are the ant-christ or not. would we know if we were?

Don’t take it Hillary. Remaining in the senate would be better for the country. Someone has to keep an eye on Obama, Reid, and Dodd.

To Frank – I mentally abused my boss for about two years, we argued spitting at eachother. (good thing it was a right to work state)Guess what; he became a better boss and I became a better tech and engineer. By the time we were done. I knew money, he knew mechanical, the company grew and the profits grew. Sometimes it takes ODD couples to get there.
To Mia – Obama is not descended from slaves in Old America. From Kenya (black) and America (stretch to Europe) (white). Hillary, if even on a plantation would not have had access to Obama’s descendents. And he hails from Hawaii and CHICAGO (north). But okay on that. Also, in the military,sometimes we take turns being “the Leader”, it keeps it fair.
Do all Football players on the same team always agree and love eachother?
I Don’t think so! But they win anyway sometimes.
YES WE CAN !!! Leave NO out of it!
By the way – No we can’t is a double negative . . I deplore single negativity enough.
Thanks for reading.

I have read all the e-mails and only have this to say. I know that I have
always been proud to be from the U.S.A. I,ve always been thankful for our soldiers that have fought for our way of life. I just pray that the change is not about taking any freedoms that were fought so hard for us to enjoy. I don’t vote for party I vote for the person who can lead our country the best.IF YOU WERE NEVER PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN UNTIL NOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES. I do not think oboma has the experience to be president. GOOD LUCK WITH THE CHANGE WE ARE GOING TO GET BECAUSE NO MATTER WHO VOTED FOR WHO ALL OF US ARE GOING TO FEEL THE CHANGE. PLEAE PRAY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND THE PRESIDENT.

The very same idiots who feel Hillary isn’t qualified for this position felt the Alaskan Bimbo was ready to be Vice President? and Joe the fake Plumber Secretary of state! LOL

Did you Republican Sheep see Palin get the boot at the Rep Governers convention? She barely answered 4 questions and the Hook came in and shoved her to the side.. She thought that Meeting was hers, ROFLMAO.. She looked like an idiot standing on the sidelines for the rest of the evening.

Who cares what the Republicans on here think? You lost, therefore no one Obama selects will make you happy….You had your 8 years, now it’s our turn

Oh you haters, let go of your cynicism. The fact that he is willing to consider someone who ran such a tough campaign against him is impressive. He is under no such obligation and it proves to me that he is willing to put petty politics beside and look for the right person for the job. I wasn’t a supporter during the primaries, but I think she would make an excellent representative of our country as Secretary of State.

I don’t understand why Obama is all about change. Where are the changes in the appointment of the cabinet. Many of those people are from the Clinton Administration. I thought he was going to bring fresh new people not people already in the government already. I don’t want someone that lies to the people as the Secretary of State or any other cabinet position. How can we trust them if they have already lied many times before.

Perhaps Obama is going to choose Richardson as his Secretary of State.
Unless we hear it directly from Obama who knows who he will choose.

To Mark, 6:55pm The name is Sweeney, not Sweeny. To sore loser,6:51pm, I voted for Obama, however I regret this mistake if he selects Clinton as Sec. of State. Both Clinton’s should leave th political arena and get a real job. The two most dispicable politicians to ever hold office in the US. A Republican turned Democrat/Paul-Bethesda

What happened to all the change promised? With the whole campaign team coming to Washington and all the Clinton folks, sounds like SOS…

I see some the the mean spirited Hillary supporters are out there ready to put down everyone and everything. It like when anyone mentions Hillary and Obama in one sentence, the Hillary bee hive is dropped and kicked. Of course some of these supporters voted McCain for what ever reason so who cares what they think. I supported Obama from day one and think Clinton would be a great choice as she would bring a lot of “Know how to get it done” experiance and on health care and other issues. She just needs to stay out of Bosnia as they shoot at her there. Just kidding. There you go, I kicked the Hillary Bee have again. Kidding aside she would be great.

Lisa Again : So are you saying that you didn’t vote for Bush, but you were voting Republican this time???

Hmmm she could do great things in the Senate. She would also be WAY better than Richardson or Kerry as SofS….eeek!

This is the end of the world..read it! God starts all over again..

It is a full moon. Too bad we can’t blame it for this convocation of loonies. What it is that brings out the worst in people, instead of seeking the good and encouraging hope?

Go for it Hillary!! Go! Go! Go!

The one reason that she might turn it down would be, by accepting the post, it would be difficult for her to challenge the Presidency in 4 years time which is what she wants. However, if she is looking at 8 years, it will be good for her to take the job.

hey paul.. look it up.. see if I’m wrong.. we,ve been going by the bible for this long, what changes? I’m in a clan.. your mama’s in a clan!

Fantastic selection, Hillary is a well-respected heavyweight, and she will work her heart out for the American people. She’s smart, capable, experienced, articulate, and I’m sure she’ll do an excellent job.
Smart decision by Obama, I think this is a good gesture toward her supporters too.

I give The Saviour six, maybe seven months, before everything is totally fouled up in this country. No, things aren’t going to get better. Just wait and see, and I can not wait to be able to say proudly, “I told you so.” you fools that fell for Mr. Slick Talker hook, line, and sinker. I hope Hillary is wise enough to steer clear of The Great One’s mess. Hillary, stay put in the Senate and plan on 2012!!!

Yes,, In a few months I can say “TOLD YOU SO”. Obama has no clue of running this country,,so he is picking repeats to help,, like they did such a great job.. I hope every person(can’t call them AMERICANS)that voted for him… gets a life full of surprises,of course the excuse will be OLE BUSH is the cause of it.. Well, Bush was a great president,, Sarah Palin is in the future if America is still on the map. Oh!! what about abc… I read they are forbidding reporters from wearing lapel America pins or other patriotic insignia.Is this true???

Hey friday club, could you BE A BIGGER MORON? Obama was not CHOSEN, he was ELECTED by 67 MILLION people. Palin was picked because mccain couldnt get the right wing loons in his party SHE COULD, too bad there are not enough of you whacks out there. FYI, she was mayor of a town of 4000 people, the meth capital of AK, she was gov for 20 months! Obama was a Harvard Law President, and grad, a STATE senator of Illinois, (more people in Chicago than the entire state of AK) for 8 years, and a UNITED STATES SENATOR for 2 years! Get it straight before you hate. Palin is a useless moron!!!

It’s a potentially brilliant move to have Clinton as Secretary of State. She is eminently qualified for the position, is well-respected around the world, and brings a contrarian opinion to Obama’s.
Maybe more importantly, he removes her from the Senate where she might become a vociferous roadblock to his health care plan.

Why is everyone focusing on Hillary for Secretary of State? Please look into Bill Richardson’s credentials and you will see that he would be the best choice for Secretary of State. In my opinion Bill Richardson would have definitely been a MUCH better Democratic nominee, it’s a shame the media focused more on the “celebrity” types as opposed to the more qualified. Bill Richardson has an extensive foreign policy resume, if you find the time for a little research I definitely recommend looking up Bill Richardson. Obama has made a VERY wise decision in considering him for such a respectable position.

I like Susan Rice or Bill Richardson for Sec of State. Leave Hillary in the Senate and let her take some credit for health care reform. I believe that’s probably what she wants more than anything else. And Hillary as Obama’s Sec of State is a sight that neither Obama’s nor Clinton’s supporters are looking forward to.

She would give an excellent balance to the supreme court. I agree with you Lydia.

Hillary would make a fantastic Secretary of State. She is qualified, has a balanced and global perspective, is intelligent, informed, articulate, convincing, and bold. I cannot think of a better person for the position. Great choice, Mr. President-elect! I hope you offer and she accepts. Yes, Hillary would serve well as a Supreme Court Judge, but I her intellect, qualifications, personality and experience are better suited in the global role.

Yahoo news: She’d face a Senate confirmation hearing that would certainly probe her husband’s financial dealings — something the Clintons refused to disclose in the presidential campaign.

Obama during Primary: You can’t go to washington with the same players and expect a different outcome… Well, if he picks Hillary, he apparently doesn’t want a different outcome. Come on Barack! Stand up for your socialist ideals! Don’t make some moderate Democrat Secretary of State. Change America for the better by getting rid of America’s dominance and arroagance in the world! Stand up for real change! Reduce America to just another member of the world community! You will be loved by those who live in Europe (American citizens and otherwise)!
William Ayers for secretary of education! What a great (anti)American!

You watch… Oprah will run for public office in Illinois…

If he offers Clinton Secretary of State watch his supporters heads spin. He inculcated hatred of her in them and suddenly he wants her (not just NEEDS her like he did in the general election). He thinks their blind worship of him will overcome the hatred he nurtured in their hearts for over a year. I wonder how that will work out for him.

This supports the rummors that Clinton could not win her old seat New York. Too many lies were exposed during the primary campaign.

Grand Old Party – If Senator Clinton is appointed Secretary of State, Governor Paterson would appoint a new senator. There would not be a special election. This is also the procedure for all the other states except Arizona.

I think Hillary should take the Cabinet Post, that way she can keep an eye on gumby.

Sarah Palin could be nominated as advisor within the Department of Education special education for kids.
Posted by: dave in des moines
Dave: Are you on crack or something? Sarah Palin couldnt even answer a third grader what a VP actually does! And NOONE who believes that man & dinosaurs coexisted should never ever have any post that has anything to do with education.
I have a suggestion for Palin; maybe she should try to read books instead of trying to ban them. She is the most clueless person ever in the history of politics.

You are right…I just wanted the new administration to be inclusive…Perhaps there are other Republicans who can fill this or other positions…

Remember the SNL skit where Obama calls Hillary at 3 A.M. because he has a national crisis and he doesn’t know what to do…. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

She would be a very wise choice but based on his previous judgement (BIDEN) I’m not holding my breath!!!

Oh, yeah, Maggie you’re correct. Forgot about that.
BTW, any other folks notice their posts disappearing from this site? If it’s not going to be open to everybody, then tell us off the bat. If stuff like “Palin is a useless moron!!!” and ” could you BE A BIGGER MORON?” can hang around plus all the usual Liberal insults, then I don’t see why my posts are being deleted from other threads. Whatever….

Since Obama already has what, 31 of Clinton’s staffers on board, he should pick Hillary just to they’ll all feel right at home. Don’t get me wrong, I voted for Hillary. But Obama was elected on a platform of change. And I remember all of his supporters going on and on about how they wanted something different from the Bush or the Clinton administrations. I think it’s funny. Obama is trying to include Hillary and Richardson in his cabinet so in two years, if this country is in the same shape it is now, they are not forming their Presidential campaign committees.

Melanie – the change is the direction set by the president.
For your argument to be compelling, it would mean that Hillary Clinton as SecState would replicate Bill Clinton’s foreign policy, despite whatever the president who appointed her wants to do. I just don’t think that’s a compelling argument.

Sarah Palin is better qualified than Hillary. At least she can see Russia from her house, and she is not lying.

you kool-aid drinkers who voted for the saul alinsky markists, I hope most of youm are young and ready when you get your draft papers, and for the older voters you have change oming alright enjoy it Hilary please stay away from this fraud he was not elected he was chosen by the msm

sueg: It would do Obama good to get a slap in the face. I don’t give Obama credit for being intelligent. If he interviewed Hillary for Sec. of State he shouldn’t be interviewing Richardson the next day. And Hillary should not take too much time to answer him. Either or. Richardson is waiting for that job that’s why he shaved his beard. He wanted it from the very beginning of Obama’s campaigning that’s why he endorsed him.

Paul: Your reading is wrong. Hillary is smarter than Obama when it comes to foreign policy plus all phases of politics. Why do you think he is choosing the Clinton people. Because they had experience in the white house and he doesn’t have that kind of intelligence.

I will ignore the ignorance that is spewed against Hillary, It would have been nice if those that despised the clintons so much would have packed up and left for 8 years so that they didn’t have to deal with the very hard hard times that we had during his Presidency!!(idiots) however, I personally would like Hillary to turn down this position. I would not leave a position where I was elected by the people to go to a position that may very well only offer four years if that. As the most recent history shows, SOS is a position that requires you to agree with the Policies of the President that you are serving under. Great example is Colin Powell, he was a great Secretary of State, but he had obvious differences with Bush and ended up leaving the post. The Chief of Staff and SOS have the highest turn over rates in an administration. I think Richardson would be the best choice. Richardson supported Obama and he should be the one to see it through come what may. As a Hillary supporter. I would prefer that she work from the Senate for the people, but stay away from Direct participation in this administration. Let the people that backed Obama serve in his administration and put their reputations on the line. Just my personal opinion. Your reputation will be based on how well the Presidency goes.

Gee, having Hillary on a plane in numerous countries all over the world, the majority weeks out of the year instead of in the U.S., She’ll be negotiating with diplomats and world leaders and it could end up being her fault instead of mine… Hmmm…. I like it.

We are making too much of the issue of creating a cabinet with racial, political, or gender balance. This perpetuated rule by WASP males and so controls were put in place to broaden the process. While the public hasn’t caught up to the idea, that changed with this past primary and election cycle.
The argument for the need for diverse representation has always been that if you didn’t apply overt pressure to try to balance a cabinet or a coaching staff, then the excuss was that “I couldn’t find a qualified black, or women, or rebublican, so I had to choose a white male” because they were the only qualified candidate! With the successful capaigns of Hillary and Obama we can finally return to a meritocracy after 30 0r 40 years of reverse prejudice and injustice.
Obama needs to pick the best, most qualified candidate for every job without regard for “affirmative action” of any strip; be it ethinic, racial, or gender driven. The promise of Obama’s election is that the promise of America is finally true; not just for blacks but for latinos, Catholics, women, Jews, and minorities of every stripe.
It is a new day and I would like to see the geniuses who shape our thinking on TV acknowledge it.

While the African Americans celebrate the first African Amerian president, remember he is not black, he is not white, he is not Asian and he is not mid-Easterner. He is an American President that represents all. He said one nation, one people then he got votes based on that. If he is acting any differently now, then he cheated his way to the White House. If he is role model to black people, he should also be role model to all people. The devisive power, as Felix pointed out, should have no place in today’s world.

I am really surprised that most of the positive views of Senator Clinton becoming Secretary of State come from Republicans like Kissinger and Schwartzenegger (who warns Obama to be sure he can get along with all his Cabinet members) plus a few long-term ‘Clinton for President’ supporters like Carville and Davis.
Long-term Obama supporters express a sense of betrayal and ‘same as, same as’. Sam Donaldson warned Obama about turning his supporters away.
The media speculates about the brilliance of and/or danger of keeping one’s enemies so close. Some dare to hint that there are those better qualified.
Clinton supporters either want her to refuse or take the job as a step to running against Obama in 2012.
The most interesting reaction is the DEAFENING SILENCE of most Democrats to the choice of Clinton.
The second most interestig reaction is that of foreign governments who seem bewildered by what they see as Obama’s misstep and mixed message(I am an American living abroad). They are NOT interested in meeting one of his rivals who has to be kept close, but with a strong President who can lead the free world.
In short–the idea looks like a DUD.
Without doubt, many native New Yorkers want Clinton’s Senate seat and her status as a Junior Senator leaves her with few power options in Congress.
I doubt that she could get Congressional approval for a position on the Supreme Court with her history of Whitewater, her husband’s conflicts of interest and his impeachment leaving him barred from legal practice. Besides, there is no vacancy.
Former President Clinton’s foundation and business activities are serious obstacles for Senator Clinton wherever her appointment would need Congressional approval.
Perhaps Obama could appoint her as a special advisor or ambassador where Congressional approval would not be necessary.
William Richardson has the perfect CV for State and Dr Howard Dean would probably be the best qualified Secretary of Health.