Limiting Bill May Kill Hillary as SoS
By Don | November 19, 2008
Just when we were all getting used to the idea (I didn’t say liking) of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State comes word that the Obama team may have killed the deal with their desire to limit what Bill does in the future.
From ABC News’ Jake Tapper.
Behind the scenes of the Obama Transition Team’s vetting of the finances of former President Bill Clinton in order for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be named Secretary of State, a complication has emerged.
Sources say the complication is not what Bill Clinton is willing to disclose in terms of the people who have donated to his presidential library or his charitable organizations; those names are being provided to the Obama Transition Team, led by John Podesta, who was also Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff.
What seems more potentially problematic is not revealing what’s happened in the past—but what the Obama Team wants to do about the future.
The view from Camp Clinton is that the Obama Team would too severely restrict what Bill Clinton is able to do to simply make a living. One source says the Obama Team seems to think it can demand that the former president abide by the restrictions put on a general government official, which just isn’t tenable.
Or is this just the Obama team’s way of saying we really wanted to work with Hillary but Bill wouldn’t cooperate so they could find a more palatable person to take the job?
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November 20 at 3:31 pm | #1 | Link
I believe Hillary Clinton would be one of the better Secretaries of State ever.
BUT - - I believe she can accomplish much more and leave a much greater legacy behind if she remains in the Senate and then runs for Governor of New York when the timing is opportune. I think her talents and capabilities are such that she can individually accomplish much more at home in New York than she can in foreign service.