Hillary as Secretary of Defense? It Could Happen You Know.
It started out being two Obama advisors saying Obama was 'considering'
Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State.
That rumor stewed for a day and a half across the airwaves.
Late this afternoon more scoop is released
that, yes indeed, Hillary did visit with Obama in Chicago yesterday.
Tonight, sources are saying the President Elect Barack Obama has offered the position of Sec of State to Senator Hillary Clinton - with one reliable source saying that Governor Bill Richardson 'also' met with Obama today about the position.
Now on The Drudge Report, they have headlines saying, "NYT
ON CLINTON/OBAMA: 'Associates of both Democrats cautioned that their
conversation was mostly general and that no job was offered'..."
Do any of you
remember the wild rumors about Barack Obama offering (or not) the VP slot to
Hillary Clinton in July and August of this year? Remember those of us that called them false,
that the Clinton's were trying to negotiate for the position? Some of us said the Clinton's were warning
Obama, of consequences if he didn't select Hillary.
Well folks, I'm
thinking somebody in the Clinton camp is pushing, once again, for
something. Is it the Sec of State
position? I don't know, I don't think
anybody really knows but the parties involved.
I still think if
Hillary is in the cabinet, it should be Secretary of Health because that's supposedly been her life long dream (or so she claimed during her campaign - get universal health care for all). But, if one stops to think for a moment -
what would 'really' be a surprise to all of us? Could Obama name her as his Secretary of Defense?
I'm serious. You don't have to have military service to be one. She's a war hawk remember and she has a plan to get out of Iraq now. She's got Washington, Congressional and diplomacy experience. She's worked with the troops over the years and 18 million people thought she qualified as President - so doesn't that give her even more clout as Sec of Def?
We'll see what happens, but I think most of the hype in the media is negotiations going on AGAIN.
I will remain very disappointed in Barack Obama if he does allow her to be his Sec of State. She will out stage him in the media simple because of 'who' she is. She will undermine his goals with other nations - I'm sure of it. Remember folks, she would love nothing better than to help him lose that 'attraction' from voters he just received on November 4th so that she could run again in 2012.
I can hear her now, "I warned you folks, he just didn't have the experience required to do the job. I warned him that the direction he was taking was wrong while in his cabinet, but he wouldn't listen."
President Elect Obama will be very sorry if he even considers her to be in his cabinet - he will not be able to control her or her husband Bill Clinton.
It's best to leave her in the Senate where other Senators have control of 'her'.





Connie -
While I can see SoS and SoH. SoD not a chance. This does not play to her strengths nor do I think it wold have wide support of the military or the voter. My sense of Sos if avail she'll take it. ut like everyone else - it's a guess.
November 14, 2008 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd love to see her in the Cabinet. Sec of Health would be my first choice because I thought her plan was better than Obama's and she might be able to persuade him. I'd also be happy if she got either SoS or SoD.
November 15, 2008 8:37 AM | Reply | Permalink