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Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

No, no, no, no, no.

Her husband cannot be picked. Hell, no. This is just CNN having fun.

Jandar · Joined: 11 Jun 2008

Who else could he pick.

As much as we'd like to think that it's all up to Paterson, in reality it will be driven by none other than Howard Dean and the other elites at the DNC.

canuckistan · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

He won't get chosen because he won't accept.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

It's far more likely that Andrew Cuomo will be chosen.

Only two presidents that I know of have agreed to serve in another offical capacity in the government once they left office. One was William Howard Taft who served on the Supreme Court. It wasn't a great choice. The other was John Quincey Adams who served with enormous distinction as a representative in the House of Representatives. He was a master of parliamentary procedure, but even more importantly, he was able to use that skill to further the cause of abolition. Clinton is a master politician. There is no one cause that he could use his skills to support as a junior senator from New York, like JQ Adams used his skills.

Bill Clinton will very likely, at some point, be in a position with his enormous stature on the international stage, be of service to President Obama. It may be publically; it may be behind the scenes and not known for a good long time. I've met and talked to both Clintons and they are extremely bright, dedicated people.

It will be entertaining to see a husband playing second-fiddle to a wife for most of the time she serves, but it will almost certainly not be a detriment to the country. Some right-wingers will bitch, moan, whine and complain, but then that is what they find their natural tone. Who cares?

Obama has assembled a brilliant foreign policy group. The country could be well served. Maybe egos will get in the way but we are almost two months before they take office, so who knows what will happen in the future? The potential is there for a terrific team.

mithridates · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:03 am Post subject:

Some of the comments here are pretty fun to read considering how sick Canadians are of their whole governmental process at the moment:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/clinton_cabinet_081201/20081201?hub=TopStories