Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with the Obama transition team.
Clinton, the former first lady who pushed Obama hard for the Democratic presidential nomination, was rumored to be a contender for the job last week, but the talk died down as party activists questioned whether she was best-suited to be the nation’s top diplomat in an Obama administration.
The talk resumed in Washington and elsewhere Thursday, a day after Obama named several former aides to President Bill Clinton to help run his transition effort.
The two Democratic officials who spoke Thursday did so on the condition of anonymity to avoid angering Obama and his staff. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines referred questions to the Obama transition team, which said it had no comment.
Other people frequently mentioned for the State Department job are Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and New Mexico’s Democratic governor, Bill Richardson.
15 thoughts on “Hillary as Secretary of State?”
Why pick a Secretary of State that is handicapped by her sex. I won’t even bother to discuss her qualifications?
If Hillary Clinton has the stones of a clone of Golda Meir, then I have no problem with her being Sec. of State. Golda told the Arabs where the H*ll to get off, and you can bet the farm they believed her, if not sooner, then later.
John1172002
Sadly, some Texas village is missing its’ idiot.
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