Averting the Clinton Challenge
Editorial, The Wall Street Journal | December 2 , 2008
Contrary to his promise to distance himself from the “Clinton political method,” Obama has set up a “Team of Rivals,” assigning Hillary Clinton to the important office of secretary of state. ++ His choice can be viewed as clever as he has managed to avert a potential challenge in 2012. ++ However, Obama should not follow President Clinton’s “era of illusory peace as problems festered with too little US attention.” ++ It is also questionable if Obama can escape the “uncontrollable political entitlement that has always driven the Clintons.”
