It’s Hillary

Mike Allen reports that Obama’s tapped Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State. I’m skeptical of the pick, and I think she’d make a better Secretary of Defense. The military loves her, and it would allow Obama to name the first female SecDef.

Hillary is a fighter. She’s cold, calculating, and remorseless — the kind of person you want to represent you if you’re being taken to court. Some say it’s better to have her inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in, which I can appreciate, but let’s not forget that there’s no real Republican opposition right now, which means that as intra-administration conflicts inevitably arise, and the media delights in reporting them, things are liable to get pretty ugly.

Remember Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, renting out the Lincoln Bedroom, selling sensitive satellite and missile technologies to China? Well, Hope and Change just brought those folks back into the cabinet room.

In two months, Rahm Emanuel is going to learn what it’s like to lose control of the message.