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I start this thread to give the boyos an opportunity to surpass the Palin-hate threads.
I start this thread to give the boyos an opportunity to surpass the Palin-hate threads.
Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State?
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I'd be surprised if Clinton were made Sec of State. They were at odds over Iraq, and she's consistently been more hawkish than Obama. Would be a surprising selection, for mine.
Never hated Hillary (or Palin, for that matter).
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I always thought she'd be more likely to be Health and Human Services Secretary given how large a part of her campaign revolved around improving healthcare.
She was always going to get a cabinet role though.
She was always going to get a cabinet role though.
No you didn't. You started this thread in the hope that you'll get a chance to rant on about the sexism of males on this board with respect to women in politics.
It certainly makes more sense than a lesser portfolio like health. This is actually something worth leaving the Senate for.
Still, you wonder about her relationship with Obama. Even her election eve endorsement in one of the New York Daily News was pretty perfunctory. No unique insights about the man she battled with for the best part of 18 months. No reference to any of his personal qualities. Just a bland endorsment of the candidate and his platform, and a similar denunciation of the Republicans.
I've never got the sense that Clinton respects Obama. Why does she want to work underneath him?
Still, you wonder about her relationship with Obama. Even her election eve endorsement in one of the New York Daily News was pretty perfunctory. No unique insights about the man she battled with for the best part of 18 months. No reference to any of his personal qualities. Just a bland endorsment of the candidate and his platform, and a similar denunciation of the Republicans.
I've never got the sense that Clinton respects Obama. Why does she want to work underneath him?
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It's an interesting one. If he did appoint her it would further signal his Clintonista neo-liberal intentions given the staff appointments he's made so far.
Would also have to be seen as a logical follow on from the national security briefings he's been given. In my mind, Condi Rice has probably been the best and most effective SoS the US has ever had and Hillary mirrors most of Condi's attributes. If Condi's spadework has been that good, then Obama wouldn't want to appoint a hack like Kerry or Richardson or a yesterday's man like Holbrooke (tho he's a better choice than those two)
Would have no doubt whatsoever that if Obama offers it to her, she would take it. For all the above reasons, particularly because of what Rice would be leaving her to work with and finish off, and also it would be a crowning achievement for her.
The economic/financial meltdown means that all her cherished domestic agenda she could push in the Senate will be on hold, so why not?
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One can only be thankful that you have such an inimitable mindset.
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Hearing reports about Bill Richardson at State....would be a very solid choice, IMO....
Howard Dean has also hinted at H and HS....and as the architect of the victory, I think he could choose his spot.
Let me guess... You think that Showgirls is the greatest film ever made, that Michael Bolton is the greatest singer, that Jayson Daniels is the best kick of a footy, and that Spam is food of the gods.
Be honest: I'm close, aren't I?
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Wouldn't it be harder for Clinton to make a run at 2012 nomination from inside the cabinet?
What has Hilary ever done to suggest that she would be capable of filling any position of importance?
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It had'nt occured to me before but may the Guru is not female at all but is really Greg Sheridan:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24642500-7583,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24642500-7583,00.html
"Now, the successes. Barack Obama in some measure owes his success to the inclusiveness of Bush".
Wow. It takes balls to send that off for print.
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Obama would be having flashbacks to "Hillarycare" if Hillary was appointed as Secretary for Health.
I'd also be inclined to think that Hillary would prefer to remain in the Senate than take on such a role. She'd be looking for a more high-profile role in an Obama administration if she was prepared to put aside her differences with Obama and work under him directly.
I'd also be inclined to think that Hillary would prefer to remain in the Senate than take on such a role. She'd be looking for a more high-profile role in an Obama administration if she was prepared to put aside her differences with Obama and work under him directly.
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Meh,that cartoon could apply to every Pope since Charlemagne was a boy.
Speaking ex cathedra-- LOLZ.
Speaking ex cathedra-- LOLZ.
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Id take Charlemagne over the EU.
I nearly choked on my lunchtime pint when I read that article
That'll teach you for pissing up at lunch on a Monday AND reading The Oz.
You're a disgrace.
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