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few interesting point of views

Thomas Friedman:

The important question, the answer of which is not at all clear
to me, is about the only relationship that matters for a secretary of
state -- the kind of relationship he or she would have with the new
president. My question: Is Obama considering Mrs. Clinton for this job
in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her
back?...

When it comes to appointing a secretary of state, you do not want a team of rivals.

David Broder:

Clinton is the wrong person for that job in this
administration. It's not the best use of her talents, and it's
certainly not the best fit for this new president....

The last thing Obama needs is a secretary of state carving out
an independently based foreign policy. He needs an agent, not an
author...

Even if Hillary Clinton were ready to play such a subordinate role,
which she might be, in return for a promise that her voice would be
heard in the most serious policy debates, the presence of Bill Clinton
makes that a doubly difficult assignment. The former president has,
through the Clinton Global Initiative and his own extensive foreign
travels and worldwide contacts, made himself a force in international
affairs. It would be unfair, and unlikely, for him to shut down his own
private foreign policy actions because they might conflict with his
wife's responsibilities. But foreign leaders would inevitably see Bill
Clinton as an alternative route toward influencing American policy. And
he would be unlikely to remain silent.

Charles Krauthammer:

With her out of
the way, Obama is not going to have to show up in Iowa or New Hampshire
in 2012. He has now cinched the renomination.

Stonecipher Report

Jwilkes begins the article with a point I agree with, "If there’s
one thing every single American voter should have learned about Hillary
Clinton in this election process, it’s that she concedes nothing." 

This is specifically the reason we should not
make Hillary Clinton the Secretary of State, particularly after eights
years of the hard-headed lack of negotiating skills possessed by the
Bush Administration.  The last thing this country needs is
a Secretary of State perceived by the rest of the world as cold, rigid
and unwilling to bend on anything.

Toqra

Hillary is the last thing this incoming administration needs. It has nothing to do with the mollahs or Iran.

Right now, whether you voted for Obama or not, (and I have no problems saying I didn't), the man is in the driver's seat, for the most part. The country is banking on him, and is pretty much going on blind faith that he's the answer. 

But, for a man who campaigned on the concept of "change", bringing this woman along in any capacity amounts to the single biggest about-face on Obama's campaign promises of change.

John McCain's greatest obstacle was his ties to GWB. Nobody wants a third term of GWB. OK. That's understandable and makes perfect sense.

But by the same token, no one wants a third Clinton term either, with all of the distraction and chaos they bring with them. Obama did a great job of distancing himself from them, which was pivotal in attracting those middle of the road voters who would have voted for McCain if Hillary was the running mate instead of Joe Biden.

Barack Obama is an articulate, even-mannered person who has shown that he is able to communicate very effectively with people.

Hillary Clinton is a manipulative, power-hungry, attention seeking piece of trash completely devoid of even the slightest shred of integrity, whether as a person, a lawyer, the wife of a white trash president, a carpetbagging senator from a state she never lived in, or as a presidential candidate who manufactured the BS story that Obama is a Moslem and "sold" her delegates to him in exchange for his agreement to retire of some of her $14 million campaign debt.

On top of all that, she has ZERO foreign policy experience.

Shaghigheh connection!!

Toqra khanoom sholeh zard paz :

  "You" Who?

I who posted the article in the news section for "reading"?

iranian.com who featured it?

farokh2000 who made a comment about Hillary's bagage?

The writer of the article "Robert Guttman"?

Huffington Post who published it ?

10s of thousands of AMERICAN voters who do not like Hillary's assignment?

or the imaginary people in your head?

I personally suggest that you increase the dosage  :-)

Deal with Mullahs!!?

Where did you come up with that?

Who cares about the criminal Mullahs. We are talking about qualifications for the Secretary of State, which would be a very powerful post, requiring lots of experience, understanding, and relationships with the International community.

Hell with the Mullahs. Why are we connecting anything, and anything to those idiots?

You are ONLY worried for "the deal with mullahs"

I guess most of you are worried that Hillary might not be willing to go for the "Grand Bargain" with mullahs that you are all waiting for. Are you sure that mullahs are willing to go for that "bargain" you are all so impatient for?

Besides, it will not be entirely up to her. after all Biden is there so "Do not worry". You were also this paranoid, miserable and uncomfortable over Obama's appointment of Rahm Emanuel.

I say maybe the Supreme leader should choose Obama's cabinet members. Would you be happy and relieved then?

Nothing but distraction

I agree with you. There are many well qualified candidates he could choose from.

Hillary will come with lots of baggage and be nothing but distraction and may not even be the most qualified person for the job.