It looks official: we can start saying "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton." I can't help thinking this is a rather bizarre move on Obama's part. Yes, yes, we all know that he loves "Team of Rivals" and he wants to be just like Lincoln.
But consider this point made by somebody (forget who--my apologies) at The Corner. Obama rebutted Clinton's experience by claiming he showed "good judgment" by opposing the Iraq War from the very beginning. And now he's picking as his Secretary of State...the very same person he lambasted for having bad judgment?
I know people say a lot of things in primary races. Heck, Obama picked as his VP somebody who spent most of the primary race savaging him as a complete chump. But I think this goes a bit beyond that. The Iraq War was what fired Obama's candidacy. His opposition was what gave him credibility among the left-wing set. Now he's saying, well, it wasn't that important.
Maybe I'm just being nitpicky. After all, I'm not exactly an unbiased observer. We'll see how this thing works out.
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