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Can Hillary + Obama put aside their foreign policy differences?
Ahead of accepting an offer to join Obama's Cabinet, journalists + pundits examine why Hillary Clinton might give up her position in the Senate, considering her past differences with Barack Obama on foreign policy. Read more...
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No, this role does not fit Mrs. Clinton
Never an easy thing to challenge a sitting president of your own party, next to impossible to do it from his own cabinet. Read the Article
Quoted by Alex_Loomis on Nov. 19th, 2008
If Clinton can be of service to Obama in Foggy Bottom, she can be of even greater value as an ally on Capitol Hill. I hope that is where she will be when January rolls around. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
Even if Hillary Clinton were ready to play such a subordinate role...the presence of Bill Clinton makes that a doubly difficult assignment... Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
Some at the State Department see her as a foreign policy lightweight, although there is grudging acknowledgment of her star power. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
No, she has ambitions for higher office
Mr. Obama gets to put her in a subordinate position while appearing to be magnanimous, and her seat in the U.S. Senate will likely be filled by a more malleable Democrat who won't be plotting from day one to get to the White House. A threefer. Read the Article
Quoted by mango on Nov. 21st, 2008
If Clinton has a high profile — and respected one — she can run when Obama leaves office. Read the Article
Quoted by Alex_Loomis on Nov. 19th, 2008
Yes, they'll make a good policy team
Clinton has a lot of reasons to pull cooperatively with Obama and may want to help America achieve a new strategic direction and establish a new global equilibrium -- securing Obama's place in history, and her own. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
General Comments
...There's another issue to consider...if she runs the State Department in a fashion similar to how she managed her campaign, then the country will be in trouble. Her spinners went beyond the boundaries of...reasonable spinning...She signed off on strategic blunders. Hers was not a steady hand. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
I don't recall the media swooning when President George W. Bush reached out to rivals, such as Sen. Teddy Kennedy, who was asked to co-write Bush's education bill. Read the Article
Quoted by mango on Nov. 20th, 2008
Some critics say Hillary doesn’t have the foreign-policy chops for the job. But she would stop the pompous John Kerry from getting it, and that is a formidable recommendation. Read the Article
Quoted by Alex_Loomis on Nov. 19th, 2008
Would she be willing to give up her independent stature in the U.S. Senate, Robert F. Kennedy's seat, to be in the Cabinet? It will be a considerable decision for her. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
It's a completely different life than you lead in the Senate, where you are your own spokesperson, your own advocate. When you join the Cabinet of the president of the United States, that is no longer the case. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
When it comes to appointing a secretary of state, you do not want a team of rivals. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
The important question, the answer of which is not at all clear to me, is about..the kind of relationship...she would have with the new president. My question: Is Obama considering Mrs. Clinton for this job in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back? Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
It takes America’s friends and adversaries about five minutes to figure out who really speaks for the White House and who doesn’t. If a secretary of state falls into the latter category, he or she will have little chance of doing effective diplomacy on a big issue. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
The Clintons love to do everything in the spotlight. This is their M.O. The question is, are there policy differences, personality clashes that could lead to problems. Read the Article
Quoted by brownlu on Nov. 19th, 2008
