Friday, January 23, 2009  Politics: Job Changes  Congratulations
to Hillary Clinton on her successful appointment as the
country's new Secretary of State. The permanent staff at Foggy
Bottom appeared both delighted and relieved that she's their new
boss, and I'm certain that with her assurance and command of
issues and policy, she'll be nothing less than brilliant in the
position. The 94-2 confirmation vote in the Senate was both
surprising and welcome; it may signal that Clinton Derangement
Syndrome may be a thing of the past with the Republican Party.
Nobody apart from the desperate David Vitter and the looney-tune
Jim DeMint (click here to understand that characterization)
thought there was anything to gain politically by opposing her
nomination. Now if only the press would follow suit.
Congratulations also to Kirsten Gillibrand on her appointment to
fill Hillary Clinton's vacated Senate seat. I'm no longer a New
Yorker, but I voted to reelect Hillary Clinton to that seat
while I was living there, and I t