I don’t know. You go away for an internet-free weekend and everything seems more or less normal. You return and discover that there’s much talk that Hillary Clinton could be the next US Secretary of State. Blimey! Andrew is, I think, depressed by this but concludes that shoving Hillary over to Foggy Bottom means she can’t damage Obama without also, presumably, damaging her own chances of succeeding him. Perhaps! On the other hand, Mike Crowley says:
A stint at State, incidentally, would set Hillary up pretty nicely for 2016, if she’s interested. (She’ll be 69 years old on Election Day of that year.) No longer would people doubt the validity of her “experience.”
I’m not sure this is entirely accurate. On the one hand, she’d have the “experience” card (presuming she didn’t have to resign in disgrace) but Foggy Bottom hasn’t sent anyone to the White House since James Buchanan (The other five Secretaries of State to have become President? Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, JQ Adams and van Buren.)
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