In what could be in time a true stepping stone to the White House, New York's junior U.S. Senator is being suggested as a possible Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?
Undoubtedly, this changes everything for the former First Lady.
Reuters had the story: Hillary Clinton emerges as US State dept candidate
Clinton was asked Monday night by CNN if she would consider taking a post in the Obama administration.
"I am happy being a senator from New York, I love this state and this city. I am looking at the long list of things I have to catch up on and do. But I want to be a good partner and I want to do everything I can to make sure his agenda is going to be successful," Clinton said.
In eight years, Clinton would be the cat's meow of the Democratic Party and as seasoned in foreign policy as any U.S. President.
What it does for New York is open a U.S. Senate seat, with that appointment made by Governor David Paterson.
U.S. Senator Nita Lowey?
U.S. Senator Tom Suozzi?
Both had been previously mentioned as possible replacements for Clinton, if she had ascended to the presidency.
ABC News: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? It's Being Considered
The Washington Post: Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State?
"There's increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field might be expanding somewhat beyond Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and maybe former Democratic senator Sam Nunn of Georgia."
Salon had some wicked fun speculating:
"While this remains a long shot at best, tapping Clinton to replace Rice would do more than simply revive interest in Dick Morris' off-the-wall 2005 book, "Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race." If Obama were somehow to give the top Cabinet post to his rival for the 2008 Democratic nomination, it would be, well, Lincolnesque. In assembling a Cabinet, Lincoln practiced a politics of "malice towards none" by naming William Seward, once the favorite for the 1860 Republican nomination, as his secretary of state."
It would almost certainly turn Hillary Clinton into the frontrunner among Democrats in 2016, under multiple scenarios.
... But can she survive the vetting process?
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