Where's Hillary Clinton? With the American voters set to show their displeasure toward an incompetent Obama administration by changing the balance of congressional power, the usually very visable Secretary of state seems to be avoiding the spotlight. Her spokespeople claim she is busy traveling to the other side of the world to finish up paperwork. That sounds as believable as her husbands claim of "not having sexual relations with that woman". Some have the theory that she is "distancing herself" from the failed administration in order to prepare for another presidential run in 2016, possibly as Obama's second term Vice-President. Others think she is preparing for 2012 as a challenge to her current boss. Either way, she should probably work on improving her resume` before re-igniting her presidential ambitions.
Much like her symbolic senate career, which merely was her adding her name to other senators legislation in an attempt to look like a leader, her tenure as Secretary of State is lackluster at best. Not only are Isreali/Palistinian relations worse after her failure to bring the parties to the table, but the U.S./Isreali relations are at their worse. It makes me wonder how an administration who attempted to get the rest of the world to "like us", has succeeded in turning our faithful allies against us. The shoes are flying at Obama now.
Haiti is wondering where all the money has gone. After pledging billions in aid, the U.S. is coming up short when they reach the Carribian shores. And both Hillary and Bill Clinton have stopped "supervising the rebuilding" since the camera's left.
Troops are still flying into Iraq, contrary to the new P.R. machine trying to portray the operations as finished and in peace keeping mode. Don't even mention Afghanistan. Iran is building nuclear power plants and is increasingly becoming a threat as they develop their nuclear capabilities.
...and Hillary does paperwork.
If Mrs. Clinton wants to be the second oldest person elected president, (she will be just a few months younger than Ronald Reagan was if she plans to take office on January 20, 2017), she had better give the American people something other than good intentions. Good intentions may qualify Barack Obama to win a Nobel Peace Prize, but after the past 22 months of the Obama presidency, I don't think the American people are going to be so easily swayed by well written speeches on a teleprompter and rock concert style photo opps.
My theory of Hillary's hiding is simple: She doesn't want to be under the scope like the rest of her party are right now. By hiding until the dust clears, she can then make a discrete exit amidst the refocusing of the cabinet. My guess is she will cite a grueling and exhausting tenure as Secretary of State. She has already starting talking of leaving early. Like rats leaving a sinking ship, I think Hillary may find she leaves with nothing to show, a bit worse for wear and too late to escape the high tide of political change.
