And what a club it is - surrounding the president-elect as one of the top Cabinet members. Hillary Clinton will likely accept Barack Obama's offer to become the next Secretary of State.
There's plenty of reasons why she should as well as reasons why Obama offered the job. Clinton's got the experience to do the job; that's what she touted during her presidential campaign. Now Obama's giving her a shot at it - a pretty smooth move that should assuage any remaining hard feelings Clinton's supporters may still have.
There's been plenty of talk about Obama bringing many former Clinton staffers into the fold. Bush II did the same thing when he took office, except it was old Reagan administration folks.
It makes sense in both cases. Neither knew the inner workings of the White House, and they both need and needed people familiar with how things get done.
In Obama's case, though, it doesn't really ring true with the whole "change" theme. The only thing that's changing is a move back to the Clinton era.
Let's hope that isn't the only thing that changes.
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