I’m for it

‘How tedious,’ Sebastian Flyte would say about the non-stop heavy breathing over who’ll get what job in the Obama Administration. But the latest speculation strikes me as perfect: Hillary as Secretary of State.

A diplomat’s job is to make the powerful feel as though they’re getting what they want, and that has always been the peculiar genius of both Clintons and why neither of them should be president. Balancing the competing interests of all camps and then figuring out how to keep them satisfied isn’t the same as political leadership or statesmanship, but it’s a great skill when placed at the service of same.

I think Hillary could be a terrific manager of the country’s complex foreign relations as long as she’s not in charge of formulating them. Bill can go along to hobnob, and the Secret Service can keep busy protecting local virgins.