I'm concerned about two things. 1) America wants to move on. Both the left and the right don't want to see either Clinton's or Bush's face on our TV anymore. And we certainly don't want to see her puss shaking hands with foreign leaders when the next international crisis comes around. She and Bill just have too much baggage. BTW I don't think we want to see Kerry either. 2 Putting Hillary gently in a place where the party and the nation can move beyond the politics of keeping the Clintons in power/hating the Clintons. Its been at least 12-14 years of that, it has to stop, and they need to go away... quietly. The Senate is a good place for sleepy politicians.

The country has moved past the Clintons - Clinton retreads are NOT the change we voted for.  Plus any involvement by any Clinton is a guarantee for drama on the scale of grand opera.

Perhaps this is all some kind of game of three-dimensional chess, where Obama puts strict criteria into place to evaluate cabinet members, then offers State to Hillary knowing she and Bill cannot cut the muster, putting her into a position where she has to back out gracefully, because of Bill. From Hillary's perspective, is this laying the groundwork for a Clinton divorce "for the good of the country"?  

It damned well better not end up that "Well, you know those ethics rules I put into place, they don't apply to the Clintons, because the Clintons are special.

Just the fact that we're discussing this proves that drama's name is Clinton (except when it's Lieberman).

Ecological collapse is already happening. Your resentment of the word doesn't change the fact that it is occurring.

The Irresponsibility of Appointing Hillary Clinton Secretary of State

On the evening of November 14, 2008, we sent a message to Barack Obama's transition website urging him not to name Mrs. Clinton as his secretary of state.  The text of our message said:

"Appointing Hillary Clinton secretary of state would be utterly disastrous.  Combined with the earlier appointment of Rahm Emanuel, it would be seen by all Palestinians, all Arabs, all Muslims, and many others around the world as the ultimate insult, eliminating any hope of a just resolution of the Palestinian situation during the presidency of Barack Obama.  It would reduce any good will toward Obama that has built up among Muslims in recent months and would spell finis to hopes for an end of the global hatred that continues to grow against America and its allies.  More and more, the "War on Terror" would become a never-ending part of our existence and over time would introduce further limitations of our domestic liberties and of living standards everywhere in the world.

"In desperation, we beg you PLEASE STOP THESE ABOMINATIONS NOW.

"Sincerely,

"Bill and Kathleen Christison"

We hope others will join us in this effort to bring about the beginning of real change, rather than meaningless promises of change, in U.S. foreign policies.  You can do this by going to http://www.change.gov, then clicking on "about," then on "contact" and, when asked in what category your message should be put, choose "agenda."  Say anything in your message that you yourself want to say.

Look, while the racists in America struggle to get used to the idea that a Black man will actually become POTUS. dyed in the wool super liberals likewise have to start learning how politics actually works. People understand this, REAL politics is the art of COMPROMISE. It's similar to the intense negotiation that goes on relentlessly during a hard fought game of Monopoly. And in politics just like Monopoly if you don't have anything worthwhile to trade, for all intents and purposes, you're not even in the game.

Barack's spiel about Lincoln keeping his enemies close is great folksy homespun stuff and it's designed to comfort many people who worry over what will Barack do as President? But Barack is a hardball seasoned politician, and he told all of us (his supporters) during the primary that if he won the Presidency that from time to time he WOULD DO THINGS that many of us will disagree with; but he asked us to stay strong and keep the faith and all will come out alright in the end.

After January 20, Barack will inherit Bush's shit house with the used toilet paper ("good job Brownie")still on the floor. and Barack knows this. He also knows full well that as President that Job 1 on day 1 will be the economic DEPRESSION in America. Everybody knows this, especially first and foremost the Taliban know it, and they will make it a point to increase pressure on American troops both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now this is where the art of politics comes into play. Barack needs to make moves early to address these pressing needs. He has limited influence among the Democratic members of congress even though most of them campaigned for him during the Presidential campaign. Who, pray tell has the greatest influence among Democratic members of congress. I'll give you a clue, his last name is Clinton. Since slick willy left the White House his main interest has been in international affairs as mirrored in his foundations. Now if the Obama team can negotiate transparency for those foreign donors to Bill's foundations whose identities would create a conflict of interest for Hillary as Secretary of State, then she's booked. And then Barack would get the use of every iota of Bill's Congressional influence to get his (Barack's) NATIONAL RECOVERY legislation through congress. Meanwhile Bill gets to use Hillary's position to further his own international agenda. Short and simple folks, that's politics.

Personally, I think Governor Bill Richardson is really the best candidate for Secretary of State, because he would not only bring lots of experience, but he could take highly creative approaches to many of the current international problems as he would not be dragging a lot of old baggage into the position. Unfortunately Governor Richardson doesn't have anything big (towards fixing the economic collapse) that he can put on the political trading table. Many pundits have said Richardson should get the job because Obama owes it to the hispanics as a new constituency. However, symbolic political appointments as payback for such reasons are not job priority #1 for the incoming President. Once again, short and simple folks, that's politics.....