Wait… hear me out.
Answering an intelligent and noncombatative comment/question from Nina on Sodahead:
beadfulheart, what other position do you have in mind? Not being combative. Hillary 08, but in the alternative, if need be? Supreme Court sounded pretty good to me. A chance to shape our laws with fairness and intellect.
She is not and never has been a constitutional lawyer or jurist. Her specialties, talents and strengths would be wasted. Other position? hmmm Other than SCOTUS… not Senate Majority Leader, too many others are waiting in the wings for that position and it really is a thankless job with no real hands-on ‘work’. I hadn’t seriously thought about other positions she might consider, that are genuine and matched to her skills. I have a feeling (no offense) that he has already bargained for most, if not all, positions that he would have to fill… if elected.
Honestly though… and I absolutely cringe to even think it but, getting past those knee-jerk reactions, VP seems a workable solution on many levels. Wait, hear me out! It’s workable *beyond* what people are thinking about now, so caught up in the ‘game’ going on; they need to look further down the road. The least discussed and most important, IMO, being that Hillary is and can be a dedicated fighter for domestic policies and programs.
Obama, with Richardson or [fill in the blank] attached to his hip as Secretary of State can and should be focused on foreign affairs and rebuilding our leadership in the world. Trial by fire, and using the Buddy System with competent advisors, let him show he can walk the walk and DO the work! And let her be a ‘working’ VP, not a salve to the righteous anger of her supporters (myself included).
People are looking at VP as some kind of consolation prize but I really think they need to look beyond that to what is best for the nation. The pair could turn the work of winning the GE into a cake walk and after that get to work. Domestic policy and programs are her strengths; they are her life’s work and can be her real legacy. A healed party needs to go far far beyond November.
(And of course park Bill in her Senate seat or somewhere else with real work to do; not a consolation prize or pacifier either but REAL work that uses his strengths and talents.)
Added - 05/22:
Also… My serious reservations about Obama would not disappear but with Clinton, Richardson and Edwards in his immediate circle I would feel a lot more confident about it.
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