Wise moves

Who would have thunk?

Ok so it has been a long time since I've written. Being in school has tendency to keep one busy. So what has happened since then?

Who would have thought back last Christmas that a man named Barack Obama

would be Pres. Elect and his secretary-of-state would be one Hillary Rodham Clinton?

Most people probably had never heard of Mr. Obama and the same group may have thought the new president would be Mrs. Clinton.

So why would someone pick Mrs. Clinton for this new role? As I gander at it I am amazed how political astute it was. Mrs. Clinton was building seniority in the senate. With Ted Kennedy ill and his star falling, someone would want to fill the void that will create. Mrs. Clinton would surely have been in the ring with others to throw her seniority around. She had the potential of causing a lot of problems to the new administration if she decided to be vindictive. Fortunately, for the new administration, she bit at the carrot that was dangled in front of her. To me that was a major coup for the new president. Not only does he keep her on a leash but, when needed, he can send her out of the country when ever he needs to.

That is only half of the equation though. In appointing Mrs. Clinton to his cabinet he

created an empty spot in the US Senate from the state of New York. It has come out in the last week or so that one of the persons desiring that position is Caroline Kennedy. It is my belief she will be the one that gets the position. Mr. Obama effectively removed a question mark from the senate and replaced her with a strong ally. For those who were unaware Ms. Kennedy was one of the individuals on the committee to vet Vice-presidential candidates. She did it behind the scene with little fanfare. She did her job with out stealing the limelight from Mr. Obama.

She will be a strong ally to the new president in the senate.

The question that I would like to leave for those to ponder is this- will she be the first woman president of this country? The next few years will be interesting to watch...jsf