Hillary as Secretary of State is a Bad Idea

Reports say that Barack is fairly close to making HRC Sec. of State as part of his cabinet. Even HRC has reportedly accepted, but the vetting of Bill Clinton's global interests are what is taking the time. Bill's interests and works abroad may hamper Hillary from joining Obama's cabinet.

However, I think that either way Hillary is better off with her Senate career.

First of all she has a very powerful Senate position so she should not give that away for Secretary of state. The Secretary of state job may be a very influential position in terms of foreign relations, but the Senate position she has is already more prestigious than the Sec. of State position she may go into. The Sec. of State prestige was stolen by the National Security Advisor decades ago. The Sec. State position used to be a very powerful and privileged position until the NSA job appeared. The NSA job deals more closely with some of the top intelligence issues. If HRC was being offered the NSA job, then it would be a completely different story. Condi Rice used to be an NSA, but now is sec. of state leaving her a very influential politician in the President's cabinet.

Secondly, Obama already has more than 20 staff members who worked for the Clinton Administration. Why did we choose Obama over Hillary if he is going to just reuse the Clintons and their staff? And it goes against his 'Change' message. Hillary's policies are status-quo if I remember correctly from Obama's campaign message. I understand that Obama doesn't want 'Yes-men,' but this will let him get nowhere. And Obama should respect all of those people who volunteered, spent, and voted for him during the primaries because they believed in him and not in Hillary's pander-to-the-public policies.

Thirdly, I think that Obama and Hillary share more ground in domestic issues than foreign. If you remember, Hillary is not open to meeting with enemy leaders for compromising or negotiations. But both Hillary and Obama completely agree on the issues of healthcare, a field in which Hillary has contributed the most to. So I believe that Obama should offer the role of Sec. of Health and Human Services to Hillary instead of State. But I'm sure if Obama does that, then Hillary would probably not accept it since her Senate career is much better than the Sec. of Health and Human Services.