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 _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
