George's Bottom Line

That 7.6 million can be forgiven. That's not an issue. How does George know that she doesn't want it. She isn't talking, and neither is Obama. I hope she does take it. We need some competent people after 8 lonnnnggg years.

George

did you see the Mary Steenburgen interview this morning...

the giving up independence thing...is small...

the difference between being a Senator and SOS...isn't significant...c'mon they both restrict independence...

this is a red herring...

she wants it and if all is clear with Bill's dealings...she'll be it.

george your sources suck. Stop trying to make her look indecisive she has a lot to lose.

also forgot to add Obama hasnt officially said he offered to her so whats up with that.

I cannot see Hillary allowing all this investigation to go on with Bill if she did not want the job. Why go through all that stuff if she plans to say no. That would not make any sense to me.

Out of curiosity...if she accepts the SOS, she steps down as senator...then O fires her (put it any way you want)...she's screwed...correct?

sometimes youmguys get so in the weeds that you don't see that the innuendo and rumor is leading the story...instead of facts...

this sounds like something off a paparazzi site.

what people know is that Obama and Clinton look like they actually get along...and how long can you fake that

what people know is that Obama and Clinton look like they actually get along...and how long can you fake that

Posted by: dl | Nov 19, 2008 8:29:26 AM

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LOL In DC apparently lifetimes

Why should Obama be in the position to take credit for work that Hillary will do? She should reject a SOS offer, and maintain her independence.

Debt can be forgiven? What? Who is going to forgive it? The TV stations who ran her ads? The paid workers who ran her campaign? Who?

Perhaps Obama will pay it off for her?

'nt bail out Auto Makers,we should give them a loan for research for alternative fuel vehicles.Not a loan for giving carte blanc on a bail out.

Maybe George knows.....I was sitting here thinking this morning and this thought struck me...

After all that time and money spent during the election, what actually
was the outcome?...

Another black family living in government housing...

Why not Hillary - he's got everyone else from the Clinton administration - GREAT - a third term of Bill!!

Tina:

Do you think this is a one way street. You are so sure that Hillary will do no wrong and only good that Obama will get credit for. What about the wrongs that she or Bill may do that Obama will have to take the heat for. You are so negative and one sided. I am glad the majority of Americans do not have the tunnel vision that you have.

She basically can have any position she wants. Maybe she is looking at her options and how it will effect her and her family. Hillary has helped Obama and Obama is fair. Really I believe Hillary can name her price. She helped with this Obama victory.

Lee:
Well White families have been living in that same government housing for years that was built by blacks. Its about time a black family gets the chance to live in the house they built.

I feel Hillary's selection as SOS is a great thing for our country. It shows the type of man President elect Obama will make. He is choosing his cabinet very wisely and will prove to be one of our best Presidents ever. I only hope history does not repeat its self, as he is an avid fan of our Great Late President Lincoln.

AS long as Richardson or Kerry don't get the job, I'm OK with whatever she decides to do.

So Clinton as SOS is the Change we all voted for? Better than the Bush gang but very sad if happens.

if we go through the clinton closets it will be like a soap opera all over again-----something our country can do with out-----what makes hillary so special,she was a zero when willy was in office--could not even handle childrens lunch program.where this instant fame comes from i have no idea---just that she was a pres. candidate----and a woman---.

I just read your book when you were part of Bill Clinton's Administration and I get the impression you left with feelings if disappointment. While your show on Sunday's, This Week, is my favorite of all the Sunday morning shows, I want to ask if your opinion about Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary of State can remain fair? I hope so, you are an exceptional reporter.

Hope she accepts the job. A fundraising dinner with guest speakers Obama and Bill Clinton should clear up most of her campaign debts.
Also, this thing about her independence is stupid --- not sure why anyone would even consider this as a problem --- I mean secretary of state is huge, she is going to be the key player here, policies would have been laid out and she like Obama will have to work within the guidelines; same as if she remained a senator and helped with health care - she still have to work within the guidelines set out by the party for any project.
I agree with GS, she should/(will) take the job.

Does Hillary Really Want the Job?
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YES

I hope she doesn't take the job. Let him fail on his own. He just wants to have someone to blame for his idiocy.

CLINTONS ARE ALREADY TAKING SPOTLIGHT------WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF OBAMA PICKS HER---HOPE IT WOULD NOT BE LIKE THE PALIN THING---I WOULD THROW OUT MY TV.

The truth is, Obomba wants Bill nearby so he (Obomba) can take Monica's place.

The truth is, it's Bill that really wants Obomba to give him "a job".

Why would Obama pick her? She has her on personal Agenda and it will not change. She is out for Hillary and Hillary alone and what Obama needs to know is that if we had wanted her we would have voted for her. Now, I feel sure George is going to do what George always does and that is not get the facts straight. I hope she does get the job and then we will have no problem in voting against Obams in 2012. This is change we can believe it. It just looks like another Clinton administratio with all of its baggage, morality, and doing what is best for them. What is this man thinking?

George,

Why can't you just stop bashing Hillary Clinton, will you bash the other cabinet appointees with such vigor? I doubt it.

Hillary Clinton as SOS, what a joke! You, who are pro-this must have jobs that can't be duplicated overseas. Is this the Bill Clinton that originated NAFTA? We will all be working for $5/hr or looking for jobs in China. Both Clintons owe foreign, Big Time!! Clinton SOS, what a joke.

This is such a media driven story line. It seems that political analysts are taking lessons from the hosts of Entertainment Tonight, creating and focusing on drama and intrigue. Why shouldn't Obama ask Clinton to be SoS? Why should we even focus on what Bill Clinton did or didn't do months ago? Even as Obama seeks change, he simply cannot plunk down a bunch of new faces around him. He (and they) will not be taken seriously by the Congress, the House, or the International Community. He has to find people who have solid track records in their field to be surrounded by the best advisors. Since Clinton was the last democratic administration, and it was only 8 years ago (although it seems forever), it is only natural to pick some people who can hit the floor running. Find another story line, media, this one isn't catching.

Is Hillary capable of doing anything without creating circus level of drama and histrionics and me-me-me-ism? And she wonders why she's the single most polarizing politician alive in America. She wonders why she has a 49% national disapproval rating. She wonders why she completely alienates the base... of her OWN party. Hillary simply lacks a basic understanding of the worth and the grace of quiet dignity. Everywhere she goes, more than any politician alive in America, she leaves a wake of partisanship and division.

too bad for hillary, going from some control over the president by being a senator to being controlled by the president. where is all the change that Ofama oops Obama was going to bring to washington. dont see any change by naming people that have been controlling washington for decades. just under diffrent administrations. he should have stayed with condolisa rice

obama needs to pick a sos from his OWN group.

sen. clinton should stay in the senate,
president clinton should continue doing the work he has been doing.

obama, is going to start looking like a lap dog after the clinton'

why can't he just leave the clinton' alone?

time for obama to leave the clinton' alone,
let sen. clinton stay in the senate,
let president clinton continue his work,

and let obama find his own sos, from his own group.

If this were based on merit, it is simple, inarguable fact that Hillary wouldn't even crack a list of the top 100 most qualified candidates.

Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Jack Reed, Richard Holbrooke, Richard Danzig, Wes Clark, Rand Beers, Chuck Hagel, and Richard Lugar are just a handful of the many, many dozens of candidates who are possessed of far greater relevant expertise.

And as far as pure, natural diplomatic skill... how can anyone argue that Hillary is skilled at detente when everywhere she has gone her entire adult life she has left controversy, enmity, polarization, bitter partisanship, and division?

Other than on pure Machiavellian terms, there are no grounds on which Hillary is well suited for this job.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton actually do like and respect each other, and they have obviously realized they will work well together on important foreign policy issues.

Hillary has been an international figure since she was First Lady and she did a great deal for women, children and families around the world, including in Afghanistan, Central Europe, Israel and Central America (to name a few).

She is perfect for the position of Secretary of State.

I'm a supporter of you Obama. Don't do it Obama!

Thank GOD, Barack Obama doesn't listen to the uninformed people who post in places like this forum.

Someone just wrote here that Obama should pick "one of his own". What the heck does that mean? Does he have a group of experienced political leaders who belong to him and him alone? He's a Democrat, as is Hillary. And both of them are Centrists.

Hillary is a natural for the job of Secretary of State. Just look at her resume and all the work she has done at the international level dating back to the early 1990's. She started VITAL VOICES and that's just one of her many accomplishments to help women and girls in countries like Afghanistan.

Is she diplomatic? Did you watch her in the debates? She can think on her feet and is better informed about world affairs than anyone in government.

Go Hillary!!!!!!!!

Thank GOD, Barack Obama doesn't listen to the uninformed people who post in places like this forum.

Someone just wrote here that Obama should pick "one of his own". What the heck does that mean? Does he have a group of experienced political leaders who belong to him and him alone? He's a Democrat, as is Hillary. And both of them are Centrists.

Hillary is a natural for the job of Secretary of State. Just look at her resume and all the work she has done at the international level dating back to the early 1990's. She started VITAL VOICES and that's just one of her many accomplishments to help women and girls in countries like Afghanistan.

Is she diplomatic? Did you watch her in the debates? She can think on her feet and is better informed about world affairs than anyone in government.

Go Hillary!!!!!!!!

Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton working as a team on foreign affairs sounds like an amazing trio to me.

If Obama picks Hillary for Secretary of State and she accepts, it will prove that the two of them have a great bond and will work well together.

It's tough to give up a safe Senate seat for a cabinet post in someone else's administration. But I think she will accept it, after working it through with Obama. And I think they will be a superb team on foreign policy. Obama's vision and inspiration blended with Hillary's experience, expertise and international accessibility and goodwill will be sensational!

A great combination -- President Obama, Vice-President Biden and Secretary of State Clinton. The international community, from one ocean to the other, will be celebrating.

You can hate Hillary if you choose. But she's a major force in the Democratic Party, in the United States and around the world.

Go Obama!

Lee: are you a nasty person or what? Where does your twisted sense of humor come from? "another black family living in federal housing" is one (only one) of the most ignorant, tactless, hateful comments I've read here. This forum is about whether Hillary is interested in the SOS position. Do you have an opinion on that?

I hope she takes it, she'd be great. Obama is a generous person, and will ignore any campaign attacks by her. How much less $$ will she make as SOS, that it would make a difference in how she pays off her campaign debt? I think we'd have the world in the palm of our hands with this team. GO Obama!

Am I the only one who's observed that perhaps Hillary's personality is not the best fit for this job? The Secretary of State is our chief DIPLOMAT,and from what I've heard about HIllary diplomacy is not one of her strong suits.

Im a proud Republican, and honestly wouldnt mind seeing Hillary as Secretary of State. BUT, I thought all the Obama voters out there voted for change? Can someone please tell me, other than Obama himself, where the change part comes in? So far, he has staffed his White House with the Clinton Administration. How is that change? His administration did nothing! And dont give me that spill about balancing the budget either! All you liberals know is was the Republican controlled Congress that got that done. I mean come on, all the man did as President was get to know his interns a little bit better! We didnt even have a President for the last 4 years of his term! Even his former advisers said that. At any rate, I am still waiting on that change we were promised. But I will not hold my breath. To quote my bumber sticker on my car, "Dont blame me, I voted for McCain"!

Re: Lee's posting...
You are a disgusting, ignorant individual. Why don't you crawl back under the rock that you came from?
People who are intelligent don't want to waste their time reading your stupid comments.
Obama will not be another 3rd term of Bill Clinton. I am aniouxly awaiting pay increases, the ability to buy food and pay the mortgage without looking under the sofa cushions for change... like I have done the last 8 years under King George (the real idiot)!

I predict volunteers and donations drop drastically if Obama appoints Hillary as SOS. There would be nothing more discouraging to those who worked and paid for CHANGE. Obama, get your head out of..... What could you be thinking?

The election is over. Mature people recognize the heat of campaigning and let go after the final vote is counted. Barack Obama has been the mature focal point of post-election sanity. ..............

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/11/19/obama-focal-point-of-mature-stability/

We need some competent people after 8 lonnnnggg years.

Posted by: Jwench | Nov 19, 2008 8:05:17 AM
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Then, why in the Holy Mary's world you chose to elect another inexperienced person to be the president.

The only hope you have left is to fave the person who is best fit for the job to help guarding and cleaning any potential messes.

Obama hasnt officially said he offered to her so whats up with that.

Posted by: rachel | Nov 19, 2008 8:11:37 AM
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What's up with that?

It's because his phone Nothingness has too thin a skin to be viewed as if he was declined with a secretary of state offer. Talking about country first, our Greatest Leader's face has the priority.

Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Jack Reed, Richard Holbrooke, Richard Danzig, Wes Clark, Rand Beers, Chuck Hagel, and Richard Lugar are just a handful of the many, many dozens of candidates who are possessed of far greater relevant expertise.

Posted by: ElodieStClair | Nov 19, 2008 9:46:30 AM

How about Danzel Washington? He is charming, cool, as handsome as, execuse me, more handsome than, our Greatest Leader

AS long as Richardson or Kerry don't get the job, I'm OK with whatever she decides to do.
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Don't let Kerry and Judas ever get into the Obama cabinet. The moral will be lost for ever from the Obama administration. People have ZERO RESPECT for these two losers.

Obama can do better than choose Hillary. I really hope that if she was asked to be Secretary of State, she'll say no.

Bill was an embarrassment to her campaign and will continue to be an embarrassment to her and to the Obama administration.

George,
Hillary had always had an agenda. Her rise to fame or infamy started a long time ago.
Haven't we had enough of the whole Clinton agenda?
Let's really get some new blood brought into this administration and try to recover from the travesties we have all endured.

George knows Hillary doesn't want the job because he heard her when she told reporters that "we need as many competent Senators as we can get." She said herself she was content being a Senator and wasn't looking for a post in Obama's cabinet. Now...having said that, I do hope she takes the job. I think she'll make an even "competent-er" Secretary of State!

paid for CHANGE.

Posted by: Susan-Boulder | Nov 19, 2008 10:25:12 AM
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It's payback time. I want my $1000 that Pres. 0bama promised for voting for him.

Although I am a Hillary supporter that wiches that she would not take the job, I wish that the media would just shut the f--- up and let the process take place one way or the other. All of this speculating is just because they don't have any other news to report on, it's starting to get ridiculous. I hope to God that she does not take this job,because this is what they will continue to do and blame her for any and everything that goes bad, let Richardson or Kerry take the heat they are the ones that supported Obama, let them take the heat for him. This is just idiotic from the drive by media.

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State...is absolutely absurd! I'm starting to get voter's remorse. I voted for Obama because I wanted...CHANGE! How can you even consider Clinton when she so strongly disagreed with his foreign policy ie. not talking to your enemies? Who will ever forget her "sniper fire" lie? I don't care what Obama's motives are, he's not starting out very well. We don't need the Bill and Hillary soap opera. We've had enough of it! We need to get off to a smooth start and bringing back old controverial retreads is not the kind of change I was anticipating. Clinton is my home state senator and she hasn't done squat. Of course, I always knew she was a carpetbagger and only used New York as a stepping stone. As far as I'm concerned, President-elect Obama has already started off on the wrong foot. Change you can believe in? Based upon his decisions thus far, don't count on it!

Hillary Clinton as Sec. of State is a good move, because she has the intelligence, experience, credibility and capability to the do the job right - anyone who can't see that has comprehension issues -

it continues to amaze me that some people are too ignorant to realize the good that Hillary Clinton, and even her husband, can still do for our children, our troops, our nation and our world -

Hilary is a scumbag.

Hillary will always be only one thing...an ex-president's estranged wife. She is where she is because everyone felt she was entitled to something. Maybe she is smarter than Bill but then again, maybe she is the same. We had eight years of the Clinton's. It should be enough.

Well, right out of the box, we can see what kind of intelligence Obama has, which is none if he picks Hillary Clinton. It is really hard to believe that he would even consider that aftr all the people steped up for him. Well, 2012 will happen nnd believe it, the whole thing will be different.

Nice job, Barack! Keep her busy so she won't have time to run for president.

Change you can Xerox..........

From the Clinton Presidency.

since I actually care about my child, our troops and our country, I already know that Senator Clinton would serve them well, either as Secretary of State or as Senator -

Clinton Administration by the numbers: 22 MILLION jobs created; 6 million more children get health insurance; 660,000 more adults get health insurance; international respect and cooperation; A BALANCED BUDGET; creation of better environmental and educational programs to better our future; - yeah, who wants to go back to that crap?

Change you can Xerox..........

From the Clinton Presidency.

it would seem that those who are objecting to an infusion of Clinton staffers, or do not want a return to the policies of the Clinton Administration for the next 4 years are worried about peacetime, prosperity and progress (those "horrible" effects felt during the Clinton Administration)

Change you can Xerox..........

From Demi-Dem 'Washington Insiders'.

Yeah Boy !!

Change you can Xerox..........

From 'Washington Lobbyists'.

another promise broken

I don't care how hard Hillary tries to make nice-nice with Obama, I think she will never get over the fact that he was the one who beat her out of a job that she thought she was "entitled" to. She will not be a team player. I think there are others more qualified as well.

Of course Bill will comply, and Hillary will take the job!

This is really another Clinton presidency. Obama is totally inexperienced but he is choosing the people who can help him with his training wheels! :)

Hillary will be an excellent Secretary of State!

Wow. It's amazing how uninformed Americans are. To say Hillary Clinton is inexperienced is just stupid!

nuf said

Anon,

You've got a person who knows nothing other than making some feel-good speeches and who has no political base as far as personnel is concerned. You cannot expect him to bring the Southside Street people whom he worked with to run everything, can you?

He cheated into the Illinois Senate by asking the Court to throw out his opponents for technicality, and earned his primary nomination by Affirmative Action. He already has Axelrod the Jarred in the White House. How many more Changes of that kind do you really want to see?

As a Hillary supporter, and hence I voted for McCain - since i did not like the way DNC treated Her.
She has to realize that DNC made by likes of Kennedy, Kerry and its president - are her enemies. Obama was just recently her enemy - and she would be treated just like that - and whatever carrier she has will be destroyed by Obama and his cronies... This way obama will wipe out the Clinton Hold on the party. Let him fry on foreign policies -
Hillary would be stupidest woman - if she becomes SOS... $7 million is peanuts for them and they can just retire writing a book or making speeches... Stay as Senator - make an attempt to be SOS but in the end walk out -

HRC would take a job as a bearded lady in the circus if it gave her the attention she so badly desires and needs. She is too egotistical and power-hungry to turn this post down!

If Sen Clinton were to accept the post, she is in a good negotiating position. But if it is too much hassles for the President it is not worth it. Working as a Senator may give Sen Clinton more freedom.

Ya know I thought Obama was going to bring "Change", but he's using all of the Clinton connections. If I wanted that I would have voted for Hillary. Oh wait, I did vote for Hillary. I think Hillary should stay where she's at and Obama build his own political empire instead of ripping off the Clintons.

I can't wait...Hill and Bill. Anything is better than this..Both might know their way around the political block.

Sure she wants it but her narcissist persona doesn't want to appear that she does. It would be a big blow to her ego if she went for it and lost, do the math that would be her second loss this year!

Bill Clinton and his baggage drags Hillary down again?
She should have kicked him to the curb a long time ago, so her vetting is easy.

This should be about Hillary's accolades and have nothing to do with Wild Willy and his baggage.

Bringing Bill into Hillary's job, seems like sand cave dwelling....get her a birka.

I really think the paranoia about the Clintons ought to qualify as a mental illness at this point.

It says an awful lot about her character that she would even consider taking this job at all.

But I'm sure the Hillary-haters aren't going to let anything like truth get in the way of their desperate need to believe she is evil.

Question to Clinton shall not be who are the Major donors but who are all the donors to him and his foundation? Since the Hillary wants to be the Secretary of State the question that needs to be put to Bill and Hillary is: Did Bill Clinton or his foundation take any money from Albanian Groups which are lobbying for Kosovo independence from Serbia? This will be one of the first challenges that administration will be dealing with!

Once again, Judas Maximus is clueless when it comes to the Clintons..

change doesn't mean a change in people it means changing people.

It means a change in tone, a change in policies a change in how we see each other and treat each other.

I am so sick of those both on the left and the right claiming there can be no change if the people chosen are not unknowns. This is the silliest, stupidist, shallowest way of looking at this I could imagine. Think?

I hope our new president picks the best and the brightest regardless of whether they are new on the scene or not. That is just TOO shallow. But sometime it seems like shallow is what we have become....

I think americ