Posted on 02/24/2009 6:52:31 PM PST by SolitarySaint
You have to give President Obama credit for one thing: he's a masterful politician. Examine how he's dealt with Hillary Clinton, for example. By naming her to be his Secretary of State, the President has consolidated his support with her constituency and virtually eliminated any chance she might challenge him in the primaries.
But, he didn't stop there. He gave the Middle East Peace portfolio to George Mitchell, the Pak/Afghanistan portfolio to Richard Holbrooke, and the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia portfolio to Dennis Ross. In other words, Secretary Clinton will be chiefly responsible for maintaining relations with countries with whom we already have pretty good relations.
And, the bitter irony for Sec. Clinton must be that the biggest problem she will deal with personally will be the her husband helped create, i.e., North Korea!
Genius.
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