Standing athwart history, yelling, “I’m not wearing any pants!”

The blogosphere and editorial pages have been lousy with folks pondering Hillary Clinton, the state department, will she, won’t she, should he, and so on, and so forth. And I’m sure by now y’all are wondering what I think (otherwise, why in the blue hell are you here?), so here goes.

For the past eight years, I never believed Hillary Clinton truly gave a shit aboot being a Senator. It was just a means to her real goal…becoming President. Obviously that didn’t work out for her…leaving her looking like the senator from Chris Rock’s “Head of State.” So what does she do now?

One option is to gamble on the next two years being an absolute failure, and then forcing a primary run in 2012 much like how Ted Kennedy did against Jimmy Carter in 1980. She’s the only D who would have the juice to do so, and already have a base of voters waiting for their orders…especially if the next two year causes them buyer’s remorse. The downside here is that challenging a sitting President usually doesn’t work out well for the party…it didn’t work out for the D’s in 1980, just like it didn’t work out for the R’s in 1976 (though it did work out for the R’s in 1980…I’m just sayin’).

The other option (if you agree with me aboot the Senate) is Secretary of State. Immediately after accepting the nomination, she would immediately leap frog Joe Biden and become the defacto number #2 in the Obama Administration. No offense to Smokin’ Joe, but the main reason he was picked was to bolster Obama’s lack of foreign policy cred. With Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, she’d be the top voice in foreign affairs, leaving Biden to break ties in the senate and inquire daily as to the health of the President. The downside here is…she’d serve at the pleasure of the President. Can you imagine Hillary Clinton taking orders from anyone?

Looking at those two options, I think “Madame Secretary” would make the most sense.

(H/T RightVoices.com for the pic)

UPDATE: Hmmm…

UPDATE DEUX: Looks like we have our Peggy Noonan back…

UDDATE TRES: Make that a double hmmmmm….