Hillary announces she will choose a foreign policy expert for VP should she win the nomination.

Staying on the subject of her famous husband, Clinton disagreed with rival candidate Sen. Joe Biden, who said Monday that Bill Clinton will likely unofficially assume the duties of vice president in his wife's administration -- rendering her actual vice president ceremonial.

"That's going to be news to my husband," Clinton said, laughing at the suggestion.

"There's so much work to be done, that's just not true," She said. "There's going to be a very vigorous foreign policy agenda that I am going to have a lot of people involved in, including my vice president."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/06/clinton.iowa/index.html

Should she win the nomination, that criteria certainly narrows her "short list."

although I wish Biden would consider it

Richardson!!

With more experience (and a voting record in the Senate) he might be ready in 8 or 12 years.

experienced than the number two person. JESUS!!!!!

You're obviously trying to put Clark's name in her mouth, but that's not what she said. Nowhere does she say or imply the word "expert".

You don't have to be an "expert" to be involved.

Once they've grilled an ambassador appointee, they figure they've got FoPo experience.

Plus the attack dog label just ain't gonna work with Bye!

for sure.

He isn't afraid to be candid with her and can argue his pov quite well.

She would respect him for that.

I'm almost happy, thinking of all our guys manning their battle stations..

good staff, and an ability to get good advice in a hurry if you need it. To be successful, at any rate.

You can, if you've a mind to, learn on the job.

Look at Condi--she had a fucking degree in SOVIET studies, and probably couldn't find Qatar on a map when she took the job. She still sucks in her post, but she can probably find Qatar, Iran, Iraq and the UAE at this point. All that rote memorization of the old Soviet Army command structure might be starting to fade, at long last...

I suppose what you say is theoretically possible, but if she is envisioning a major foreign policy role it makes sense to choose an expert with proven effectiveness, knowledge, and skill. Hillary is too smart to do otherwise...I do give her credit for that much.

to have someone who can engage/interact effectively, who is a good problem solver, who thinks on their feet, and who is a fast learner. Also, there is no substitute for COMPELLING PERSONALITY. None. Anthony Zinni was incredibly effective in the ME, because he knew how to do the Arab versions of backslapping and backscratching, and those Emirs just LIKED being around the guy. Hell, Kissinger is an "expert" but he's an ASSHOLE. Jimmy Carter had no foreign policy experience when he assumed the Presidency; now he's the world's 'Go To' guy on a wide variety of humanitarian issues, to say nothing of election monitoring.

The fact of the matter is this--to a large extent, it's all over but the shouting by the time someone at the VP or Presidential level walks into the room. State sends their guys to iron out the details, and the country or countries you are working with do the same. The hard work, the nuts and bolts, that's all done amongst the lower level folks. The bigwig gets the credit, but the bigwig isn't the one doing the hard work...

I read that quote as this: She intends to have her VP doing more than going to funerals and meeting the Girl Scouts. The person will be a player, her rep, on the international stage, if she gets the job, of course. I don't read it as any insistence, suggestion, or requirement that the VP have particular skills on his (and it's likely to be a male) CV.

If he does one more Bourne film, he'll be qualified. Better than Rice anyway.

He also looks longer because he is (or was when I knew him) quite lean.

Bill Clinton is (or was, you shrink when you get older) six-two, maybe a bit more, when this pic was taken:



Senator Clinton is listed as five foot six, but I think that's pushing it.

Wes Clark is 5'10".

reverse much of the Bush fuckups.

:eyes:

Oh man...I kill myself.

Just what the hell is that all about? Getting out of Iraq and ending an imperialist foreign policy is rather simple and straighforward. OTOH, if Hillary intends to succeed at empire building by doing a better job of "managing" wars, she will fail just as Bush did.

We can't dictate to the world!

There is nothing in Hillary's record to indicate she will bring balance and fairness to our Middle East policies. She is trapped in the AIPAC agenda.

the next Democratic President is humble enough to believe that we will need all of the help we can get in this particular arena.....and if that is what Hillary Clinton is implying, than more power to her! It is a good thing that one realizes that they don't have all of the answers and will need wise guidance during these perilous times.

Staying on the subject of her famous husband, Clinton disagreed with rival candidate Sen. Joe Biden, who said Monday that Bill Clinton will likely unofficially assume the duties of vice president in his wife's administration -- rendering her actual vice president ceremonial.

Here's what he said:

"If I don't win the nomination, the likely nominee is going to be Hillary," Biden, D-Delaware, told CNN, "and I love Bill Clinton, but can you imagine being vice president?"

The former president "is such a dominant and powerful and positive force that I think the question is if you're going to stay in public life do you want to be a contributor ... I'm not looking for a ceremonial post," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/05/biden.vice.president/?iref=mpstoryview


That being said, Hillary would do well by Wes and I think they'd work well together.

I heard he was trying to decide between foreign policy expert and "hope"....and then the pundits selected John Edwards for him.

far ahead yet.

Also, what does "vigorous" foreign policy mean?

But no one doubts what Biden expressed. Bill Clinton is just too big a persona. He would play a big role in his wife's administration, and that is one very important feature of her candidacy. People would want it and expect it.

That's the four names that spring to my mind as what the Clintons would call a "foreign policy expert"

My hunch is that it would be Wes Clark. He's already on board the Clinton bus.