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WHY would Obama hugging New Hampshire Progressives care now? Nevermind, that Hillary resurrected from certain death running third behind disgraced John Edwards only to WIN the New Hampshire Primary over Barack Obama, then battled on after her husband's race-baiting comments and mistakes and the chessboard party rules favoring caucuses in non-Democratic states in the Plains and Mountain states, and then rallied after winning a string of primary contests until Obama won a bruising techinical vote count victory before his nomination?
An amazing development took place that NO ONE expected: Obama nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton to be HIS Secretary of State, and even more unbelievably, she resigned her NY Senate seat and accepted.
Hillary has quietly SOARED in this new role even as detractors still launch bullets and missiles at her when her own performance has scored traction and foundation and substance has she solidly takes the reigns as the country's Chief Diplomatic Officer - and without a hitch.
I don't know how many people in New Hampshire read New York Magazine, but I doubt the NH Union Leader or Sean Mahoney's NH Business or my own Yankee Magazine would publish this story, but you have freedom to READ even in this fractious and taciturn GRANITE STATE of MIND so read this about President Obama's new Secrreary of State:
The overall effect of Hillary's efforts has been to bolster her reputation for being smart, effective, and a team player without associating her too strongly with the wrenching policy changes, such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Obama has thrust himself far into the spotlight. And the results have been fairly amazing. Clinton's approval ratings have been consistently above 70 percent - higher than Obama's - with majority support even among Republicans. And media coverage has been orgiastic, probably peaking so far with Andrea Mitchell calling Clinton a "foreign-policy superstar" on the Today show. Even Obama probably never imagined how much mileage he and Clinton would be able to get out of their "kiss, make up, and go off to work around the globe" routine.
I am PROUD that New Hampshire Democrats voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton who won the New Hampshire primary, and that President Barack Obama selected her has his Secretary of State in a bold and breathmaking move. This appointment has been smooth and seamless, broken elbows aside.
READ THE FULL STORIES (2) you won't find anywhere else in New Hampshire media or party press releases:
