I Thought They Liked to be Called "Executive Assistants"

I don't see overcoming Bill's past as being a particularly big issue for a Secretary Clinton in that he seemed to hit it off pretty well with other foreign leaders in his day and was respected by them. I think the bigger problem is the present and future in that he is sort of a one man foreign policy machine, what with his globe trotting efforts for his foundation. I'm sure some sort of arrangement can be reached though between Obama's people and the Clintons.

I also am not too concerned with her diplomatic skills. I think she's got a long history of dealing with the kinds of people she's going to have to deal with. I think she would probably be a better AG or something than SoS, but AG may be too small fry for her tastes. As it is, I'm not 100% convinced that she's going to accept SoS, but it certainly looks like it's going that way.

My bigger question regarding Hillary is her demonstrated crappy executive management skills. As noted by a bunch of people, the two big projects she's handled has been the health care issue during her husband's presidency and her own campaign for president. Both were unmitigated disasters from a management perspective. Some of the stories about the infighting that went on in her campaign, due in large part to her unwillingness to put one side or the other or both in their places, are amazing. That said, I would think that a lot of the SoS office can manage itself given that there are career employees there. I just think it will be very important for Obama to make sure she hires the right person as a deputy SoS who can keep a strong hand on the logistical management of the SoS office.