I put leak in quote marks for the simple reason that this was a private meeting between Obama and Clinton and that any so-called leak was likely a deliberate one from the Obama team, considering how tightly they're controlled.
So, what are we to make of this?
If it's true,Hillary is obviously getting a reward for her campaigning for Obama in Pennsylvania and Ohio...and Obama is once again opting for triage among his supporters with politics in mind.
The other two contenders for the job are reportedly Bill Richardson and John Kerry.
Kerry is really the candidate of the Kennedy wing of the party, who all came out early for Obama on orders from George Soros. But with RFK Jr. and Caroline both rumored to be in line for jobs in the administration, Obama may have felt that to be sufficient.
Richarson is another matter. Aside from his late inning back stab of Mrs. Clinton, he's also being touted by the Hispanic lobby, who had a meeting with Obama the other day in which they demanded no less than three cabinet posts as a reward for their support for Obama in the general election.
You might remember that I let you know that in my opinion, a characteristic of the new Obama administration would be that it would be in constant campaign mode, ala' the Clinton White House.
A high position in the administration for Mrs. Clinton would be an effort to reach out to the Clintonistas and PUMAs and heal that breach in the party as a run-up to 2012. It would also symbolize, at least to me, that Obama has realized that the success of his presidency is going to be based on whether he governs more towards the center (at least, for a Democrat)and another example of the fact that Obama realizes that, now that the election is over he is going to have to disappoint some of his followers..and is exercising his choice as to which ones.
if Hillary becomes the Sec. State, hopefully she will not be excessively distracted by outside drama or personal career plans, etc.
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