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You cannot use Condi Rice as a comparison to Hillary for SoS.
Firstly, Condi did not have a very sane foreign policy to represent, nor did she have a sane or reputable President to represent=Strike 1.
Secondly, Condi is Acadameia. She is an expert on Russian history and that was the extent of her knowledge base. A college professor of Russian history and government. She comes across a bit rigid and cool and not very personable=Strike 2.
Most importantly, she just did not have much with which to work. A disastrous Administration that made disastrous judgements. She "tutored" Bushie during the campaign on foreign policy; then was his National Security Advisor; then SoS, and, apparently, either did not have very good advise or, again, she did not have much with which to work, with Rumsfeld and Chaney calling the shots for Bushie.
Hillary has a great President, a smart one, and he will have a smart Cabinet. He will seek out disparate views and opinions and make the decisions. She and he share a mutual respect, that is obvious, in many subtle ways, and I believe he knows exactly what he is attracted to her in this position. He is under no obligation to anyone to "use" this very important position as a "pay back". He just would not do that, certainly not in these troubled times.
