A role for Billy-boy


Did you think I was joking with the Godfather references?
A few days ago I wrote this little piece How Keeping his enemies close will backfire on Obama. In it, I said that by making Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama made Bill Clinton the consigliere, one that isn't beholden to Obama.

Looks like Billy-boy got the memo. Here's another of those infamous trial balloons, just like the ones that used to drift out of the Clinton Administration. Emphasis added.

Former President Bill Clinton says he is open to the possibility of a role in the Obama administration but said he otherwise plans to be deferential to both the president and Clinton's wife, the soon-to-be secretary of state.

Clinton could be named as a sort of super-ambassador on a specific issue like India, or on a broad topic like restoring goodwill for the United States abroad. He was deferential to President George W. Bush, accepting assignments on hurricane and tsunami relief in conjunction with the president’s father, former President George H.W. Bush.

Clinton told CNN International that he’s “just try to be a helpful sounding board” for Hillary Clinton when she becomes the nation’s chief diplomat.

“Unless he asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor closed to,” Clinton said.

Clinton spoke in Hong Kong, where the William J. Clinton Foundation convened a Clinton Global Initiative Asia meeting with current and former heads of state from around the region.

"Change" my foot. It's just like 1992 all over again.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - December 3, 2008 at 02:50 PM  Tag


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