Does Hillary Really Want the Job?

George
did you see the Mary Steenburgen interview this morning…
the giving up independence thing…is small…
the difference between being a Senator and SOS…isn’t significant…c’mon they both restrict independence…
this is a red herring…
she wants it and if all is clear with Bill’s dealings…she’ll be it.

also forgot to add Obama hasnt officially said he offered to her so whats up with that.

Out of curiosity…if she accepts the SOS, she steps down as senator…then O fires her (put it any way you want)…she’s screwed…correct?

what people know is that Obama and Clinton look like they actually get along…and how long can you fake that
Posted by: dl | Nov 19, 2008 8:29:26 AM
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LOL In DC apparently lifetimes

Debt can be forgiven? What? Who is going to forgive it? The TV stations who ran her ads? The paid workers who ran her campaign? Who?
Perhaps Obama will pay it off for her?

Maybe George knows…..I was sitting here thinking this morning and this thought struck me…
After all that time and money spent during the election, what actually
was the outcome?…
Another black family living in government housing…

Tina:
Do you think this is a one way street. You are so sure that Hillary will do no wrong and only good that Obama will get credit for. What about the wrongs that she or Bill may do that Obama will have to take the heat for. You are so negative and one sided. I am glad the majority of Americans do not have the tunnel vision that you have.

Lee:
Well White families have been living in that same government housing for years that was built by blacks. Its about time a black family gets the chance to live in the house they built.

AS long as Richardson or Kerry don’t get the job, I’m OK with whatever she decides to do.

if we go through the clinton closets it will be like a soap opera all over again—–something our country can do with out—–what makes hillary so special,she was a zero when willy was in office–could not even handle childrens lunch program.where this instant fame comes from i have no idea—just that she was a pres. candidate—-and a woman—.

Hope she accepts the job. A fundraising dinner with guest speakers Obama and Bill Clinton should clear up most of her campaign debts.
Also, this thing about her independence is stupid — not sure why anyone would even consider this as a problem — I mean secretary of state is huge, she is going to be the key player here, policies would have been laid out and she like Obama will have to work within the guidelines; same as if she remained a senator and helped with health care – she still have to work within the guidelines set out by the party for any project.
I agree with GS, she should/(will) take the job.

I hope she doesn’t take the job. Let him fail on his own. He just wants to have someone to blame for his idiocy.

The truth is, Obomba wants Bill nearby so he (Obomba) can take Monica’s place.

Why would Obama pick her? She has her on personal Agenda and it will not change. She is out for Hillary and Hillary alone and what Obama needs to know is that if we had wanted her we would have voted for her. Now, I feel sure George is going to do what George always does and that is not get the facts straight. I hope she does get the job and then we will have no problem in voting against Obams in 2012. This is change we can believe it. It just looks like another Clinton administratio with all of its baggage, morality, and doing what is best for them. What is this man thinking?

Hillary Clinton as SOS, what a joke! You, who are pro-this must have jobs that can’t be duplicated overseas. Is this the Bill Clinton that originated NAFTA? We will all be working for $5/hr or looking for jobs in China. Both Clintons owe foreign, Big Time!! Clinton SOS, what a joke.

Is Hillary capable of doing anything without creating circus level of drama and histrionics and me-me-me-ism? And she wonders why she’s the single most polarizing politician alive in America. She wonders why she has a 49% national disapproval rating. She wonders why she completely alienates the base… of her OWN party. Hillary simply lacks a basic understanding of the worth and the grace of quiet dignity. Everywhere she goes, more than any politician alive in America, she leaves a wake of partisanship and division.

obama needs to pick a sos from his OWN group.
sen. clinton should stay in the senate,
president clinton should continue doing the work he has been doing.
obama, is going to start looking like a lap dog after the clinton’
why can’t he just leave the clinton’ alone?

If this were based on merit, it is simple, inarguable fact that Hillary wouldn’t even crack a list of the top 100 most qualified candidates.
Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Jack Reed, Richard Holbrooke, Richard Danzig, Wes Clark, Rand Beers, Chuck Hagel, and Richard Lugar are just a handful of the many, many dozens of candidates who are possessed of far greater relevant expertise.
And as far as pure, natural diplomatic skill… how can anyone argue that Hillary is skilled at detente when everywhere she has gone her entire adult life she has left controversy, enmity, polarization, bitter partisanship, and division?
Other than on pure Machiavellian terms, there are no grounds on which Hillary is well suited for this job.

I’m a supporter of you Obama. Don’t do it Obama!

Thank GOD, Barack Obama doesn’t listen to the uninformed people who post in places like this forum.
Someone just wrote here that Obama should pick “one of his own”. What the heck does that mean? Does he have a group of experienced political leaders who belong to him and him alone? He’s a Democrat, as is Hillary. And both of them are Centrists.
Hillary is a natural for the job of Secretary of State. Just look at her resume and all the work she has done at the international level dating back to the early 1990′s. She started VITAL VOICES and that’s just one of her many accomplishments to help women and girls in countries like Afghanistan.
Is she diplomatic? Did you watch her in the debates? She can think on her feet and is better informed about world affairs than anyone in government.
Go Hillary!!!!!!!!

It’s tough to give up a safe Senate seat for a cabinet post in someone else’s administration. But I think she will accept it, after working it through with Obama. And I think they will be a superb team on foreign policy. Obama’s vision and inspiration blended with Hillary’s experience, expertise and international accessibility and goodwill will be sensational!

Lee: are you a nasty person or what? Where does your twisted sense of humor come from? “another black family living in federal housing” is one (only one) of the most ignorant, tactless, hateful comments I’ve read here. This forum is about whether Hillary is interested in the SOS position. Do you have an opinion on that?
I hope she takes it, she’d be great. Obama is a generous person, and will ignore any campaign attacks by her. How much less $$ will she make as SOS, that it would make a difference in how she pays off her campaign debt? I think we’d have the world in the palm of our hands with this team. GO Obama!

Im a proud Republican, and honestly wouldnt mind seeing Hillary as Secretary of State. BUT, I thought all the Obama voters out there voted for change? Can someone please tell me, other than Obama himself, where the change part comes in? So far, he has staffed his White House with the Clinton Administration. How is that change? His administration did nothing! And dont give me that spill about balancing the budget either! All you liberals know is was the Republican controlled Congress that got that done. I mean come on, all the man did as President was get to know his interns a little bit better! We didnt even have a President for the last 4 years of his term! Even his former advisers said that. At any rate, I am still waiting on that change we were promised. But I will not hold my breath. To quote my bumber sticker on my car, “Dont blame me, I voted for McCain”!

I predict volunteers and donations drop drastically if Obama appoints Hillary as SOS. There would be nothing more discouraging to those who worked and paid for CHANGE. Obama, get your head out of….. What could you be thinking?

We need some competent people after 8 lonnnnggg years.
Posted by: Jwench | Nov 19, 2008 8:05:17 AM
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Then, why in the Holy Mary’s world you chose to elect another inexperienced person to be the president.
The only hope you have left is to fave the person who is best fit for the job to help guarding and cleaning any potential messes.

Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Jack Reed, Richard Holbrooke, Richard Danzig, Wes Clark, Rand Beers, Chuck Hagel, and Richard Lugar are just a handful of the many, many dozens of candidates who are possessed of far greater relevant expertise.
Posted by: ElodieStClair | Nov 19, 2008 9:46:30 AM
How about Danzel Washington? He is charming, cool, as handsome as, execuse me, more handsome than, our Greatest Leader

Obama can do better than choose Hillary. I really hope that if she was asked to be Secretary of State, she’ll say no.
Bill was an embarrassment to her campaign and will continue to be an embarrassment to her and to the Obama administration.

George knows Hillary doesn’t want the job because he heard her when she told reporters that “we need as many competent Senators as we can get.” She said herself she was content being a Senator and wasn’t looking for a post in Obama’s cabinet. Now…having said that, I do hope she takes the job. I think she’ll make an even “competent-er” Secretary of State!

Although I am a Hillary supporter that wiches that she would not take the job, I wish that the media would just shut the f— up and let the process take place one way or the other. All of this speculating is just because they don’t have any other news to report on, it’s starting to get ridiculous. I hope to God that she does not take this job,because this is what they will continue to do and blame her for any and everything that goes bad, let Richardson or Kerry take the heat they are the ones that supported Obama, let them take the heat for him. This is just idiotic from the drive by media.

Hillary Clinton as Sec. of State is a good move, because she has the intelligence, experience, credibility and capability to the do the job right – anyone who can’t see that has comprehension issues -

Hilary is a scumbag.

Well, right out of the box, we can see what kind of intelligence Obama has, which is none if he picks Hillary Clinton. It is really hard to believe that he would even consider that aftr all the people steped up for him. Well, 2012 will happen nnd believe it, the whole thing will be different.

Change you can Xerox……….
From the Clinton Presidency.

Clinton Administration by the numbers: 22 MILLION jobs created; 6 million more children get health insurance; 660,000 more adults get health insurance; international respect and cooperation; A BALANCED BUDGET; creation of better environmental and educational programs to better our future; – yeah, who wants to go back to that crap?

it would seem that those who are objecting to an infusion of Clinton staffers, or do not want a return to the policies of the Clinton Administration for the next 4 years are worried about peacetime, prosperity and progress (those “horrible” effects felt during the Clinton Administration)

Change you can Xerox……….
From ‘Washington Lobbyists’.
another promise broken

Of course Bill will comply, and Hillary will take the job!
This is really another Clinton presidency. Obama is totally inexperienced but he is choosing the people who can help him with his training wheels! :)
Hillary will be an excellent Secretary of State!

Anon,
You’ve got a person who knows nothing other than making some feel-good speeches and who has no political base as far as personnel is concerned. You cannot expect him to bring the Southside Street people whom he worked with to run everything, can you?
He cheated into the Illinois Senate by asking the Court to throw out his opponents for technicality, and earned his primary nomination by Affirmative Action. He already has Axelrod the Jarred in the White House. How many more Changes of that kind do you really want to see?

HRC would take a job as a bearded lady in the circus if it gave her the attention she so badly desires and needs. She is too egotistical and power-hungry to turn this post down!

Ya know I thought Obama was going to bring “Change”, but he’s using all of the Clinton connections. If I wanted that I would have voted for Hillary. Oh wait, I did vote for Hillary. I think Hillary should stay where she’s at and Obama build his own political empire instead of ripping off the Clintons.

Sure she wants it but her narcissist persona doesn’t want to appear that she does. It would be a big blow to her ego if she went for it and lost, do the math that would be her second loss this year!

I really think the paranoia about the Clintons ought to qualify as a mental illness at this point.
It says an awful lot about her character that she would even consider taking this job at all.
But I’m sure the Hillary-haters aren’t going to let anything like truth get in the way of their desperate need to believe she is evil.

Once again, Judas Maximus is clueless when it comes to the Clintons..

I think american people has spoken…they choose OBAMA, and he knows what he is doing….so please lets drop the craps arund his pick(hillary)

I would never take a job with mafia Obama. The man is so resentful. There are so many ghosts in this man and Michele that no one in their perfect mind would want to be associated with this man. He would betray his own mother and his kids, for God’s sake. Never Obama !

Where are the NEW faces? I don’t see them. Where is the CHANGE? I don’t see much or any change in the faces surrounding Obama as advisors. All through the campaign, the Obama advisors were the OLDEST WASHINGTON HANDS.
There is nothing new or different about Obama.

I don’t really want her to take the job. Kennedy isn’t long for this world and only some one of her stature can fill the void. I really think it is best if a significant party leader remains as an independent ‘conscience of the party’to remind presidents of the limitation of their importance. Hmmm… sounds a lot like the function of the British system doesn’t it?

OK..Hillary has no experience at all period. She ran for Senate in New York because she could not make it in Arkansas. Other than dodging sniper bullets in Bosnia (LOL) her experience is nothing to be the wife of a ex President with a lot of baggage. If she takes the job she is done. Obama wil fire her and her political career over.Remember JFK did the same with LBJ , he kept his adversaries close.To the demise of JFK , LBJ became the next President and father of the Welfare system.

Hillary will do well if she really wants to cooperate with the policies of Barack.
Not to be a snob, but it’s CARTE BLANCHE. Anyone who thinks it’s it’s carte blanc watches too much Billy O, the illiterate non-factfinder.

I just heard that Kennedy now wants Hillary to be a major leader in HIS health care initiative IF she stays in the Senate. I suspect everything is just a game and Obama gets credit for “giving” her her due. Stay away from Obama Hillary. Obama is bad news.

Sheesh! They think we were all born yesterday! Bill Clinton has body guards, staff and reporters following him around, not to mention he’s the ex-prez of eight years, she the senator, and their life is an open book. We are expected to believe that Bill Clinton needs to be vetted? There’s something more to this than meets the eye. Instead of it being a bone thrown to her, it’s more like a ‘stinky bone’..

All during the campaign we heard about how bad the Clintons were YET
nobama has surrounded himself with ex-Clinton people. His staff &
appointments are ex-Clinton people. What is wrong with this picture??? If Hillary were the prez, I don’t think she would appointment these people, I think she would have brought in NEW
people….. WHAT CHANGE??????????? Nobama, no matter how many ex-Clinton people you bring in, you will never be as good as Bill & Hillary – get over it!!!!!!!!

100% agree ! That’s right! Obama will never be anywhere close to a Bill Clinton, or a Hillary Clinton……… he will have to use others to do his job for him, just like GWB has done for eight years.
Who will be O’s Karl Rove? Please God, don’t let it be one of the Clinton’s!
Surely, they know better than to associate their name with a scumbag and mobster’s toady, like Obama! Whatever disasters happen on his watch, you can be sure he will be looking for a scapegoat to blame it on.

I think that would be a great choice! For Hillary to be secretary of state! At least Obama well have the votes of Hillary’s 8 million people behind him! Then Obama can actually say that the u.s.a. is really working together hand in hand….Please say yes Hillary! For our country…please……let there be peace…..Well done my good and faithful servant……saythe the lord!

Someone mentioned “all the dirty work will be done by flunkies like his VP, or people like Hillary if she takes that job” I agree with this statement, but on the brighter side, who’s the say that she won’t put her finger in the pie and make suggestions Obama couldn’t even phantom? With her experience and knowledge, who’s to say she won’t be running the country behind closed doors? Granted, Obama may take the credit for everything done right and blame his funkies for all done wrong, but at least the 542,000 people that just lost their job in the last week, and the many more in the last year, might get back on their feet quicker than we know.

I hope hillary takes this- she actually LOVES America, she’won’t let Barry have ahkmadenijiad over to the white house for tea and she actually has EXPERIENCE!

I just noticed some comments that were posted at 6:52:09 A.M. by a person with the same name as mine. I did not post those comments and want to completely disassociate myself from those remarks. From now on, I’ll post my comments using my full name.

I believe that Obama is just playing it safe by vetting Bill. He seems to plan every move and choice he makes and is approaching his cabinet selections this way as well.

Well said Anon. I agree!

Good point dheep.
Don’t get me wrong, I voted Obama because I didn’t want another 4 years of Bush or worst in the office, however, his inexperience does intimidate me a bit which is why I hope Hillary takes the position as SOS.
Granted, Obama may blame her for all that goes wrong, but she’s strong enough to accept it and deal with it. Her experience in the office with Obama’s points of view (excluding the Foreign Policy debate) could bring America back to the state it needs to be. Without her, just imagine how much more can go wrong.

George has good sources and we all know their names. At the end of the day this is all a ploy, though, to make it look like Hillary doesn’t come off as really wanting the job, but that it’s Obama that really wants her in the job and is successful at selling her on it. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, just another example of the propaganda power of the office of the Presidency.

It says a lot about our former Slick Will President that his business dealings automatically have to reviewed by ethics committees. And to think he was our President once. What an embarrassment. What will happen to Hillary once her anchor husband is caught again in some tryst?