The Clinton Conundrum

How will she navigate between Bill and Barack?

By Michael Hirsh | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jan 13, 2009

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  • Posted By: C. MacLean @ 01/14/2009 4:35:15 PM

    "And then, of course, there is Bill himself, whose activities will no doubt be her biggest headache. "

    Bill has always been her biggest headache, but she's had ample time and experience learning to deal with him. She's survived him before and she will survive him this time.

    And let's remember that nobody does loyalty better than Hilary - it is her number 1 defining, if codependent, characteristic. She'll be very loyal to Obama, wait and see.

    • Posted By: 40YearR @ 01/14/2009 11:24:34 PM

      I hope you are right on in everything you say.

  • Posted By: johnfrommissouri@hotmail.com @ 01/14/2009 7:34:51 PM

    Yeah,just ask Vince Foster where loyalty to Hillary gets you.Oh,you'll need a seance to communicate with him.

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/14/2009 11:48:58 AM

    Cloud-just wanted to say hello and good to read you!

    • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 01/14/2009 12:18:24 PM

      Same here Pia!!!

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/14/2009 12:32:42 PM

        Thank you and I want to wish you a Happy 2009!

        • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 01/14/2009 12:50:09 PM

          WOO WOO!!! 2009 the year of change!!!! Happy New Year!!!!

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 01/14/2009 9:52:52 AM

    Six future years summed up in a page. Reporters now a day are so thorough and prejudgmental that they have now claimed the title of soothsayers. The Obama administration will be alright with Clinton aboard. Report on how Bush, Cheney, Rove and all the other GOP lackeys have fired people that could have averted this disasterous administration. But wait, the ones that were fired were in on it too at one point until they actually got a conscience.

  • Posted By: Tabi @ 01/13/2009 11:16:42 PM

    Bill needy but Obama just fine? We'll find out how needy Barrack is once he starts taking national press criticism. McCain once joked that the press was his base back when they were buddies. Barrack could likely make the same joke at the moment. But when Obama starts taking serious criticism for someone other than the Wall Street Journal, Fox News or George F. Will he might start seeming a bit more needy.

  • Posted By: Lancelot @ 01/13/2009 7:38:32 PM

    The same tired old faces.........or should I say feces.......from the most terrible president in US history. It looks like the pot smoning, draft dodgeing , philanderer is back in office. May HUSSEIN OB catch onto her quickly and dump her into oblivion........where she belongs!

    • Posted By: Repubssuck @ 01/13/2009 8:07:20 PM

      It's killing you isn't it you mouth-breathing imbecile.

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/13/2009 8:19:45 PM

        Hi R. Just stopped by the say hello. How are you? Still fighting the haters I see. Good job!

        • Posted By: Repubssuck @ 01/13/2009 8:36:53 PM

          Hi pia, yaeh, still at it. I'm only half into it because the GOP is destroying itself and there's really nothing at stake right now. I just drop in myself. The mouth-breathers are still using the 'hussein' word. Morris, hannity and limbaugh have experienced a huge loss of revenue because the democrats have handed them their butt for over a year now. It's kind of funny when they thought thay had a chance to get the women vote after Barack chose Joe biden. They were all lamenting Baracks failure to have Hillary on the ticket. They then chose what had to be the worst possible person in Palin to pull in the vote. I guess you can't really blame them for using hate as their primary weapon. It's all they know . It's what separates them from the non-mouth-breathers. Where would the GOP party of hate be without hate. goodnight c.u. later

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/13/2009 8:22:56 PM

      Your comments are tasteless and uncalled for to say the least. If you dislike the Clintons, fine, say so, but why is it necessary to demean them? And Bill Clinton is not the worse president in history! The country was in good shape during those 8 years!

  • Posted By: Pecraig @ 01/13/2009 7:51:18 PM

    Right, we're getting change. You morons who voted for Obama thinking things were going to be different. All you're going to get is the same tired retreads who have been corrupting Washington for the last forty years. I hope all you hippies and pot heads who voted for Hussein aren't too dissappointed that Bill Ayers and some of his fellow travelers aren't running things in DC. And you minority folk ain't gettin' nothin, because he's mostly white and arab. What a bunch of fools. The bankers are still calling the shots and ain't nothin' gonna change. Har Har.

    • Posted By: Repubssuck @ 01/13/2009 8:16:36 PM

      I think the change our new President was talking about was the change from a Republican who faked evidence to start a war that has cost us more than 4000 lives of our bravest and best young service people. Or maybe a change from a Republican who gives to the ultra-rich at the expense of the middleclass. Or a Republican who has destroyed our economy. The GOP party of hate is fading fast and you are going down the drain with it.

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/13/2009 8:28:28 PM

        Good comment, R. Just today I looked at my 401K...nightmare!

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 01/13/2009 8:26:25 PM

      I voted for Obama and I am not a moron. Neither are all of the other voters who helped Obama get elected! I suggest you get over your bitterness and get used to President Obama. As Harley says, so sad, so desperate, so Republican!

  • Posted By: trogers @ 01/13/2009 7:21:05 PM

    Give her a chance. Of course she thinks this position might benefit her politically down the road. But she also must think that Pres. Obama deserves her loyalty and her best effort. He beat her fair and square in the primaries without getting nasty. He has overlooked the few instances where the Hillary campaign staff got nasty towards him. Hillary has been underestimated as a good American and overestimated as a bitch and as Bill's sidekick. She should be judged strictly on her performance as Sec. of State, without all the drama and baggage of the past. If she proves to have her own agenda, shame on her. This really is a chance for her to shine on her own outside the shadow of her husband.

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