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21 Nov 2008 07:03 pm

Clinton Accepts?

That's what the Times is reporting. Ackerman is afraid that Clinton will fill the State Department with loyalists:

Obama loyalists wonder whether the same people who attacked Obama on foreign policy during the primaries can implement Obama’s agenda from State Dept. perches. “Look, Clinton and Obama are both smart people,” said one Democratic official who would not speak for the record, “and I’m sure their one-on-one relationship would be OK. But when you hire a Clinton, you hire more than just that one person, you get the entire package.” If Clinton becomes secretary of state, it’s possible that the fissures between her loyalists and Obama’s would be a significant undercurrent of the administration’s foreign-policy decision-making.

Drezner thinks the outcry is overblown. Me too. The differences between Clinton and Obama were always exaggerated; and we need all the talent we can get. I defer to no one in Clinton Derangement Syndrome, which is why I believe it's good for them to have their hands full and to be kept under surveillance. But it's not a done deal yet, anyway. Bill could still derail it.

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