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Like most things-- it's only good in moderation. Hillary is prudent to a fault, and moderate to the extreme. It is her over-zealous prudence that leads to her extreme moderation-- that is where the somewhat unfair 'cold and calculating' slam has its roots. The problem comes when her prudence is political, not functional, as with her Iraq vote.
She is best fitted to lead the Senate, playing her political savvy and practicality off of Obama's drive and vision. Her 'step-by-step' philosophy makes her exceptionally qualified to run a Dem Senate under a Dem president.
The role of president is to lead, and this administration better than any has shown that it is the ambition of the president which limits their power, with all other political bodies having tangential influence at best. With a visionary like Obama in the WH, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the jr. Senator from New York, USA, can make the incremental compromises she is so good at to achieve Obama's ambitiously progressive agenda(which includes National Healthcare).
Some odd points: Edwards may be a rich tort lawyer, but he was not born rich. As for his portrayed 'greed' for his settlement recompense, all I can say is: Don't hate the Player, Hate the Game.
Bill Richardson, John Edwards, and Dennis Kucinich should make their runs to make their points(Edwards is the only possibly viable candidate among them), then fall in line to support the nominee. They should then be appointed to high-level administration positions, such as Sec. of State, Sec. of the Interior, and, For Kucinich, perhaps head of the FTC or Sec. of Commerce.
Time was, cabinets and administrations were stocked with high-profile states-people. What he have now is a plethora of qualified states-people ( god I HATE being PC) who can do real good real fast once a Dem is in the WH-- something we will desperately need.
Obama's vision for President, Clarke/Richardson's experience for VP(for Iraq), Hillary for Senate Majority Leader, Edwards for Sec. of Interior, Kucinich for Sec. of Commerce.... And what does this all require? A CLEAN campaign. Not squeaky-clean, Sesame Street, make-you-sick clean, but not cuthroat I-can-never-work-with-you-again dirty, either.
