From rumor to the biggest post-election story to date. Madam Secretary? Hillary Clinton at State. It would be brilliant on all levels. Via ABC:
Discussions about Clinton, D-N.Y., being asked to accept the post are “very serious,” an Obama source says.
Andrea Mitchell had the details earlier last evening and it was clear that the gravity of this scuttlebutt is causing everyone to take a moment to take it in. But in the end it makes such sense.
No one challenged Barack Obama on foreign affairs more directly than Hillary Clinton. Team of rivals realized, right? Besides, adversary on one level, no one would be more determined to deliver President-elect Obama’s message than Hillary Clinton. She’s been in the White House and knows how important a united front on foreign policy can be. But she can add another opinion, along with Biden’s, someone who respects Hillary very much, giving President Obama the best minds around him. That’s what he said he wanted. Not a bunch of yes men and women, but the strongest minds America offers.
What a brilliant stroke Hillary at State would be.
Several Obama transition advisers are strongly advocating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for secretary of State, a move that would create the ultimate “Team of Rivals” cabinet, according to officials involved in the discussions.
President-elect Obama has narrowed the possibilities for secretary of State and Clinton is among those being strongly considered, the officials said. Some even call her the favorite. [...]
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