Even though I appreciate President-elect Barack Obama’s desire to emulate the presidency of Abraham Lincoln – by appointing a “team of rivals” to his cabinet , I think he’s taking it way too far.
After all, notwithstanding his ultimate fate, even Lincoln did not dare invite someone into his cabinet who was pathologically disposed to siphon off the power vested in him as president of the United States.
Yet that is precisely what Obama is threatening to do by selecting Hillary (and Bill) Clinton to serve as Secretary of State.
[A]ppointing Hillary as Secretary of State would be tantamount to inviting her (and her husband Bill) to set up a de facto parallel presidency predicated on the fiction that she will deal with foreign affairs and Obama will deal with domestic affairs.
[Hillary as Secretary of State?! Don’t do it Barack…, The iPINIONS Journal, November 15, 2008]
It might not be a bullet to the head, but, if Obama appoints Hillary, I fear it would only be a matter of time before the Clintons put a dagger in his back – politically speaking of course.
Since Obama has yet to make a formal announcement, however, I shall keep hope alive that he will not make this fatal political mistake.
Stay tuned…
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