The Guardian newspaper is reporting that Hillary Clinton has accepted Barack Obama’s offer to be his Secretary of State–If true, it would go a long way in patching up the ill feelings between the Clinton and Obama camps the result of the presidential campaign. It would also give Obama the foreign policy experience he lacks.
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Okay…I get it. Barack Obama is keeping with his new era of reform thing.
He met with Sen. Hillary Clinton and may make her his Secretary of State…
And, now he meets with Republican rival John McCain who apparently has pledged his cooperation with the President-elect.
But while all this window dressing is nice–it is, at the end [...]

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Would Barack Obama do the unthinkable? Would he offer his former Republican rival, John McCain, a position in his cabinet?
Not likely, still—-Obama is meeting with McCain in ChicagoMonday in the spirit of Obama’s bipartisan politics.
In all probability, Obama wants the symbolism of his meeting with McCain to make the 6o’clock news–shows he meant it when [...]

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It looks like there is a fairly good chance we may end up with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and husband—what’s his name?–ALL back in D.C. forming a sort of holy trinity that would unite the Obamas and the Clintons in a fusion many thought would never happen but some now think is inevitable.
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Could Barack Obama land a job in his own administration? Probably not, considering the 63 item questionnaire that must be filled out by everyone seeking a position with him.
Let’s see: applicants are being asked whether they have ever associated with anyone who might “impugn or attack your character…for government service?”
Obama, of course, was associated, no [...]

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I have a hard time feeling sorry for General Motors. Sorry. The fact is, if GM made better cars, and was more competitive with the Japanese and Germans and Koreans, it may not be in the situation it finds itself in today–its shares dropping to a 65 year low!
GM is busy trying to sell the [...]

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