Advice

On a lighter note, I like thinking about what cabinet meetings are like for Hillary Clinton after this:

I've solved the controversy!

Bill Clinton was the first Joaquin Phoenix president.  All other labels are unnecessary.

Prelude to: Clinton cheats on spouse in Oval Office, 21st century edition?

FYI - Clinton Hearing

In case you're interested, the Senate hearing on Hillary Clinton's Secretary of State nomination is available here. (Hey, she just spent time talking about microfinance! Awesome!)

And I couldn't have said it better

OK, so it appears that the aforementioned constitutional crisis, wherein Hillary Clinton would be ineligible to be Secretary of State because she was in Congress when Congress gave the position a pay raise, has been averted. And I couldn't have said it better myself:

"She’ll make $4,700 less per year than the current black Secretary of State, because that’s how Barack Obama’s America rolls."

Hillary's next battle.

Apparently Hillary Clinton will always be fighting an uphill battle in politics. This time it is because the salary for the Secretary of State was increased while Hilary was serving in the Senate, which, according to the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, makes her ineligible for the SoS position. Apparently Nixon ran into this and got around it, but his solution doesn't look feasible in this case.

The new security team

A comparison of the new:
And the old:


Clinton clearly did not get the message that the gravity of state security issues must be met with a firm gravitas that is, preferably, so strong that one can only look at one's own feet. Maybe she missed the memo about shortsightedness; maybe this is the first in a long line of changes to come. Let's hope for the latter.

NYT: Clinton accepts

Just wanted to be first.

Secretary of State Clinton?

I've been saying for a while that I liked this idea a lot. I mean, who was more experience, more contacts, etc.? The only problem? I meant the other Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is apparently being thrown around as a possible secretary of state. I, for one, don't buy it. I don't see how that helps Obama govern. I don't see how that helps Hillary get done things that she wants to get done. I don't see how it helps anybody. If she gets a cabinet post I'd think it would be Health and Human Services or something like that.

I do like Bill Richardson as secretary of state. Not sure how I'd feel about John Kerry - of course, I did want him to be president once.