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Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.
Well, this will make her the democratic shoe-in for 2016, of course, she will be 69 by then... I am worried that if that is her aims, that she will do whatever it is in her power to make sure that this administration goes her way, so that the democrats are in favor in that year. This makes me nervous.
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Wait, what?
First off, she'll have little to no power to shape "this administration" . . . wow. Second, instead of making it go "her way" she should likely ensure that it is
popular, to prevent the kind of mid-term meltdown that happened while her husband is in office. That doesn't mean any sort of self-serving motive, but rather a likely willingness to play ball as long as the Obama administration doesn't falter horrifically.
Also, most sources think there is very little chance she'll run in 2016 (or 2012 or 2020 or whatever) after the stress of this campaign.
I mean . . . if you have a substantive policy issue, I can see being nervous, but she's fairly well qualified and gives a completely different angle than most SOS nominees (she's not from a military background; her heavy support of international woman's rights movements).
I'll even give you a hint: her beliefs on Iraq don't exactly mesh well with Obama's stated stance, not to mention Iran. And even in spite of that, I think this is a relatively inspired pick - and I really don't like HRC all that much.
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