- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
No disrespect intended towards Senator Clinton, but throughout her public life, it has always been apparent that domestic policy was her first love. Within that sphere she would be stellar, I'm sure.
Trouble is, anything short of V.P. or Sec. of State wouldnt be enough of a "prestige appointment"- meaning her podigious ego is, implicitly at least, part of the decision matrix.
To paraphrase a line from an old movie, Obama, because of his ethnic baggage, has to do it "twice as clean" as a white guy in the same position- meaning every one of his cabinet picks have to be brilliant, and free of any hint of patronage, cronyism or political log-rolling.
On a more personal note, HRC forever tainted her image in my mind with that ludicrous bullshit about braving "sniper fire" in Bosnia. It takes that unique, over-the-top brand of Clinton psychopathy to try and float such a mind-boggling lie, particularly when there were cameras and eyewitnesses at the ready to refute her.
The day she can square away that truly bizarre episode is the day she gets serious consideration from me regarding one of Obama's most critical cabinet positions.
