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Short Honeymoon?
The Corner on National Review Online —
Monday, December 01, 2008 [image] Short Honeymoon? [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] From USA Today on Secretary of State Clinton: Some leaders of anti-war groups are dismayed that Obama, whose national ambitions were launched by his opposition to the invasion of Iraq, would give such a key role to someone who supported it. "One of the ways in which he separated himself from Hillary Clinton during the primary season was to remind people that early on he was opposed to the war in Iraq, was opposed to her position, which was always quite supportive of war," says Leslie Cagan, ...
Officially Madam Secretary
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... of State Condi Rice is now headed), the growing piracy epidemic off the eastern coast of Africa, the ongoing standoff with Iran and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, dealing with an aggressively resurgent Russia, and, of course, the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict which will take a yet another new turn with the upcoming election in Israel. As James Lindsay, director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas-Austin, told Susan Page of USA Today in her piece this morning: "What matters most are two things. One, the ...
The Early Word: Foreign Policy Rollout
The Caucus —
... at her confirmation hearing, in part because of her husband’s foreign policy dealings as the head of the Clinton Global Initiative. USA Today’s Susan Page wonders whether, in her new role, Mrs. Clinton can “forge the sort of close relationship with a former rival that is crucial to giving the nation’s top diplomat the credibility to get things done.” And the Boston Globe’s Susan Milligan notes that Mrs. Clinton’s appointment has ...
The Clinton Pick
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... USA Today: "Obama's pick is non-traditional on several fronts. Not since James Garfield appointed James Blaine to head the State Department in 1881 has a president chosen a major political rival for the job. What's more, Clinton's grounding in women's rights contrasts with her predecessors, most of whom had pursued careers in academia, the military or law steeped in U.S. relations with major world powers." ...
We Are Waiting
N/A —
When is it too long to wait for a foregone conclusion? Still the suspense is killing me. All that remains after the premature post mortems is the bloodletting between the followers of the new blood siblings. Hillary and Obama together again. Yay.
Obama, Clinton and Machiavelli
The Moderate Voice —
... We have known for weeks that President-elect Obama was going to offer the Secretary of State position to Senator Hillary Clinton. In the official announcement today, Obama has laid those rumors to rest, but has intensified another round of questioning; why would Obama offer this prime post to his formal rival? ...
Obama officially names Hillary as his Sec. of State pick
Sister Toldjah —
Of course, Hillary’s name is the big name being discussed today, but here’s a more complete list of who President-elect Obama has selected for what has been billed as his “national security team.”
I know many of you are worried about Hillary being our Secretary of State but hey … at least it wasn’t John Kerry who was picked for that cabinet position.
Quote of the day: Shortly after Obama announced his picks, a reporter slyly asked him about what ...
A Faustian bargain for the 21st century
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
... I think Al-Jazeera captures the WTF state of my brain trying to wrap itself around the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. What it doesn't really explain is the dark underbelly of the "Why?" Is the a show of strength or a show of weakness?
I hope history will prove me absolutely wrong on this one, but I have to go with the second choice and not the first. For all the talk of frenemies being the new black, the fact of the matter is that Obama didn't win support within the Democratic ...
