Monday, November 17, 2008
So, why the title?
Because Hillary Clinton is our next Secretary of State.
Wow. Wow. I did not think she'd take it. I thought she wouldn't for a few reasons:
1 -- Her agenda is mostly domestic
2 -- Her reputation, and possibly her legacy, will ebb and flow with the public's opinion of the Obama administration.
3 -- Her experience with foreign heads of state is within the role of First Lady. Though I would argue that this experience is valuable -- some, (possibly including Joe Biden) will discount her qualifications.
Regardless, I'm actually pretty excited. Obama seems to be building a colorful cabinet -- and is interpreting Lincoln's example of staffing your cabinet with rivals quite literally. He met with John McCain today, no one really seems to know what the purpose was (and the joint statement is the typical pr nonsense)...maybe he's been offered that National Tech Guru position? (By the way, ouch, Eric Schmidt. Have you no sense of duty? Or would taking a cabinet post derail Google's plans for world domination?)
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