ヒラリーの凋落 |
そういえばたしかにヒラリーの注目度は落ちておりますね。民主党政権内のパワーゲームの結果です。
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Fighting For Influence in Obama's White House
By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington
She was supposed to be the strong woman in Obama's cabinet, but Hillary Clinton has been remarkably muted as secretary of state. On Wednesday she sought to reclaim her foreign policy position -- but the White House stole her thunder.
As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approached the podium to address the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington, the seating had been as carefully stage-managed as if this were an election campaign event.
Academics, big names from the media, global business people, Washington's foreign policy elite -- all had been invited to hear the secretary of state speak. The front seats, however, were reserved for the top diplomats and special envoys, people who are officially her subordinates. However in recent months they have outshone their boss. Richard Holbrooke, for example, the special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a giant of a man with an ego to match. And yet on Wednesday he sat obediently watching Clinton like a schoolboy. When asked whether some of her co-workers wanted to ask questions, Clinton laughed and said: "You better not."
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It was a comprehensive foreign policy manifesto, perfectly delivered. The president couldn't have done it better.
Upstaged by Obama
There was only one big problem: Hardly anyone was watching Clinton.
A cursory flick through the cable channels during her speech showed live images of a press conference about the murder of the parents of 17 children. Other networks were reporting on the confirmation hearings at the Senate for Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. Even worse, there was President Obama, who was appearing before cameras at almost the exact same time. He had decided that now was the perfect time to talk about his plans for health care reform, surrounded by nurses in the Rose Garden of the White House.
And the networks had decided to broadcast Obama, not Clinton, live. For a few minutes it was like being back in that bitter battle for the Democratic nomination when the two rivals would compete to be the first on the evening news during the primaries.
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And Clinton is still a politician. She made sure to mention Obama eight times in her speech, calling him the "right president." However she will now coolly analyze why her speech was a PR disaster and continue to fight for more influence. She is in talks to hire a new adviser, Sidney Blumenthal. He worked in the White House when her husband was president and then on her campaign.
Blumenthal was in charge of launching attacks on political rivals -- in particular Barack Obama.
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新しいアドバイザーも雇ったようですね。彼女はこれからどのように動いて行くんでしょうか。