"The Co-Presidency"; or Book Review: The Seduction of Hillary Rodham by

Yesterday, William F. Buckley, who is now 80, wrote an article on why he thought that Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic choice for President in 2008.(Click on the post and scroll down for summary) It seems that a lot of Republicans are wishing that Hillary is the candidate. Probably because they have such an extensive file on her. Hillary has a high list of negatives that have made her a polarizing figure in politics and I am sure that the Republicans would love to run against her.

So---Preparing for such a race, I have begun to review some of the books about Hillary. One of the famous ones is "The Seduction of Hillary Rodham," by David Brock. Yes that is the same David Brock who wrote "The Real Anita Hill." He also wrote the articles in "The Spectator" about the Troopergate scandal that he eventually apologized for writing later. Mr. Brock has to be understood as a very radical Republican author, but still, the reading is entertaining.

One of the things that folks remember is the famous line of Hillary "I suppose I could be home baking cookies." What they do not remember is what that was the response to.

When Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, Hillary was intimately involved in the affairs of state...not Bill's affairs, but the government details. She was also a source of free legal advice. Anyway, there was a huge scandal about the legal work that Hillary was doing through the Rose Law firm, and whether there was any illegality about how the work was obtained. This type of controversy is often present when one spouse of an elected official is a lawyer. The good news is that the official gets free legal advice. The bad news is that the public may pay fees another way. So...

The problem of course would be if Hillary runs for President, Bill is no longer current on his law license. I suppose that he could still give her advice. ---Anyway, if Hillary does run, it will be the Co-Presidency all over again. I just wonder whether America is ready for another two terms of a co-Presidency.

What do you think? You make the call.

Posted by Evansville Observer at 9:11 AM