Madame Secretary

It's official: Hillary Clinton will be Secretary of State in the upcoming Obama administration. Are you starting to wonder if the Senate shouldn't just hold a special election to replace all of its members who are defecting to special posts?

I am excited about this. One, after running for president, it has to be a bit of a step back to go back to your day job, even if that day job is in the United States Senate. Two, Obama and Clinton, in my opinion, were never massively different in their stances and world views to begin with. So while some may see this as Obama reaching out to his enemies, I say, "eh." Third, Clinton has balls and will do the post (and her predecessor and friend Madeleine Albright) justice.