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When the boss man gives you a job, who do you owe?
The boss man.
I have no doubt Hillary Clinton is conflicted about the SoS job! She can't take it and run against him in four years. She may be too old to run in eight years. She certainly can't sit around in the senate being obstructionist.
And Lieberman, I have no doubt, will be called upon for this favor. He can't very well establish an anti-Obama power base when everyone knows he owes his position to him. He can't even make common cause with the Republicans.
They're both neutralized. They get on board or they get out of national politics.
But never forget who the boss man is. The boss man is *in charge*.
I think its hilarious that people (right, left and, er, Clintonista) think that because he is a nice, polite, well spoken and articulate man, everyone assumes Obama is not a bare-knuckled politician.
