Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
To paraphrase the Godfather, that was a matter of "keeping your friends close but your enemies closer."

If she didn't end up on BO's team, she would have knocked him as a talking head for four years. And he'd be looking at an uphill battle this week. She wouldn't have run against him. She'd never tear the party apart a la Teddy Kennedy in 1980. But she would have made his re-election an uphill climb this year.

I still don't believe there's any love lost there. But they're both smart enough to realize that other old proverb: The enemy of my enemy is my friend wink.


Yeah, but he didn't have to make her secretary of state. You can say it's the most prestigious office under the president. She got to actually plan foreign policy which she seemed to enjoy more than other aspects of presidency. Anyway, this is the sort of experience that if she is wise enough she can walk away with and be content.

"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones