On Nov 25, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Roger Howard wrote:

> On Mon, November 24, 2008 9:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> He's following Sun Tzu, "Keep your friends close and your Enemies  
>> closer
>> still..."
>
> She's no enemy, she was a rival for a political office - I think it's
> paranoid to think that she'd be working against Obama now that the
> election is over and that the only way to control her is to bring  
> her into
> the cabinet. Their differences were political more than substantial  
> - they
> are not only of the same party, they have much more in common than
> whatever petty nonsense might separate them. She will be very useful  
> to
> the new administration - if for no better reason than access to a
> world-class Rolodex. I think it was a masterful move by Obama - not to
> control her, but to use her in her capacity as a powerful political  
> figure
> who will make a great ally.
>
> She's not a tool - she's smart and will understand she's not there  
> to be
> controlled, she's there to work in common cause with new leadership.  
> She
> also, of course, wants to remain relevant and to raise her own power  
> - Sec
> State is a much faster track to the top than spending the next few  
> decades
> in the Senate waiting for seniority to apply.

I think she's despicable, actually.

K



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