Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

I have to say again that I think Secretary of State is an outmoded job. It doesn't mean anything now. Real decisions are made in the basement of the White House with the NSC. The Secretary of State shakes hands and follows protocol and dodges bullets from a large workforce that thinks it still matters. If Hillary takes this job, she is resigning from puiblic life. Unless she has some grandiose plan to turn the aparatus back on Obama in a way that no one could expect.

That's interesting man. She could get in there and do an Iran deal that catches him short and totally rejuvenates the very position itself. I'd pay to see that. Maybe Russia. Maybe he's the one who should be careful. Bill has strong business ties with some of the breakaway Republics. Maybe she thinks she can be a Jefferson type figure. I have to say that my admiration for her has grown. He should be very careful. If she gets the job she may be beyond his control. She would be like a free agent. Everyone assumes she would have to follow his lead but if she went off the reservation the press would eat it up because it hasn't happened in so long. Very interesting.

So with all that's going on globally, you think Sec. of State is an "outmoded" job? Okay, I guess the same could be said of Vice President and a few other cabinet posts as well. Hell, why even have the position at all? Just appoint a team of ambassadors to be the face of diplomacy for the United States. Why not.

I think more than ever, this cabinet position is critical to how we deal with and negotiate foreign affairs. With two wars going on, Bin Laden still on the loose, and a host of other regimes forming, for the life of me I don't see how this is an irrelevant position. Not to mention that Obama will be utterly consumed with our domestic economy, he'll need someone who has the balls (sorry Hill) to wander off the ranch every now and then.

Actually, 70, I think you should fill out that 63 question application and apply for the position yourself.