THE BIG QUESTION — Nov. 21
November 21st, 2008
The Big Question is a feature where influential lawmakers and interest group leaders give their answers to a question that’s driving discussion in news circles around the country.
Today’s Big Question is:
Will Hillary Clinton work well as a member of President-elect Obama’s cabinet if she is selected to run the State Department?
See responses from Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Hudson Institute President Dr. Herbert London, and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) below.
Tom Fitton, president, Judicial Watch: Hillary Clinton is ethically challenged. Her husband is ethically challenged. Has any other Secretary of State nominee been the subject of a grand jury criminal investigation? Hillary and Bill are both conflicted due to the fact they derived millions of dollars of income personally from foreign interests. Read the full response
Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform said: Having deposed the heir apparent in the 2008 elections, Obama is very generous to bring Hillary into his cabinet. Here he mirrors the generosity of Julius Cesar who unlike Sulla refused to engage in retribution and accepted into his government men such as Cicero, Brutus and Cassius.
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) said: There is no American more capable or better able to serve our nation as Secretary of State than Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and I enthusiastically applaud the news that she has accepted an invitation to serve from President-elect Barack Obama. Read the full response
Dr. Herbert London, president, Hudson Institute said: For a candidate who ran on the basis of change it is interesting that he is relying on the well-known and established figures within the Democratic Party for his cabinet. So much for change.Read the full response
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said : While she is a political superstar, Hillary Clinton is — above all else — a professional. Just as she has worked well and fit into the Senate, she wouldn’t take the Secretary of State job unless she intended to be part of the Obama team.
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