tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
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A very smart analysis from Steve Clemons of the rationale behind the Hillary Secretary of State pick:
The Clinton we have grown accustomed to over the last year is perceived as a spear-carrier for the Madeleine Albright school of values-driven liberal interventionism. Albright proponents ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/14/2008
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That's the buzz . Marc reports that Clinton
and Obama met yesterday in Chicago. For my part,...
I think making her secretary of state is an inspired idea. Obama has to offer something to Clinton. She's his main threat now and rightly regards ...
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Hillary Clinton For Secretary Of State
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... and her global star power would allow her to walk into foreign capitals and deal with the president or prime minister on level footing," Heilemann notes. "And in the face of a cratering economy likely to consume the first year (or more) of Obama's term, handing off the foreign-policy legwork to a savvy, tough, high-profile surrogate with roundly acknowledged expertise on the relevant issues holds no small appeal." Some of Heilemann's observations overlapped nicely with Steve Clemons' sharp analysis of Clinton's possible role as Secretary of State: "If Obama wants to change ...
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