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Hillary At State: Done Deal?

By Big Tent Democrat

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Politico (and Andrea Mitchell at NBC) say so:

President-elect Barack Obama is "on track" to name Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving, two senior Obama aides said. Financial disclosure issues have been worked out, aides said. The officials said they expect her to accept.

I think this is right and I think it has been a done deal, subject to the Bill Clinton financial stuff, since last Thursday. Basically, when the President asks you to serve, you can not say no. I think a lot of the drama was folks on the Obama side hoping to torpedo the idea and hoping that Bill Clinton would provide the excuse. Bill Clinton knew this and made sure that it was perfectly clear that he would do whatever was necessary. On a related note, I agree with Josh Marshall on this:

I want her to stay in the senate. I think it's the perfect job for her. . . . Her voice, ability to politick, her smarts, just who she is as Hillary Clinton are really needed there, especially as Ted Kennedy's health may limit his ability to push big legislation in the way he has for decades. It's not one or the other; it's both. She's needed in the senate.

That's why I wish she was not going to State as well. I think the idea that she can not do a fine job at State is absurdly ridiculous and, for whatever reason (perhaps even because he believed it) Josh chose to push that line and it became fodder for CNN. In any event, Obama appears to have made his decision and what I think or you think or Josh thinks is, as it always was, irrelevant. The President-Elect has made his choice apparently, and that's all that matters on personnel matters. BTW, that holds for John Brennan as well, though I will continue to vociferously oppose his presence in an Obama Administration. You know what effect that will have on Obama's decision? That's right, none.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).