Washington DC, November, 24 2008: President Elect Barack Obama is expected to ask Senator Hillary Clinton to be the next Secretary of State in the new administration. Even Joe the plumber couldn't stop this leak!
The nagging question, as during the Obama presidential Campaign, has been how to utilize former President Bill Clinton's talents? It would be quadruple Democratic jeopardy with President Obama, Vice President Biden and Secretary of State H Clinton determining US Foreign Policy and then former President B Clinton weighing in with his own opinion. (Former President Jimmy Carter is always a perpetual loose cannon.)
Several appointed governmental positions have been suggested for the former president, to keep him out of either speaking about foreign policy or getting involved in any decision making loop. (Locking up Mr. Clinton in the basement of the State Department with Jennifer Flowers was immediately ruled out, as President Elect Obama has determined torture will not have any place in US Foreign Policy matters.) Chief of the White house Internship Program was a non-starter, as was US Ambassador to New Zealand because of President Clinton's appointment of Carol Mosley Braun to that post.
Private industry has come to the rescue. A position has been offered to the former president allowing him to use his multiple talents in a desirable environment, travel, speak about a product, enjoy himself immensely when pleasantly surrounded by acquaintances, and do the correct thing "when the moment is right." Mr. Clinton is to be the new chief spokesman for Viagra.
