http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/hillarys-extraconstitutional-role/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/hillarys-extraconstitutional-role/#comment-731 Quixote Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:15:08 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/hillarys-extraconstitutional-role/#comment-731 It's pretty easy to imagine Hillary, had she not been married to Bill, as a senior staffer in his administration, so you have to ask why the marriage should be an impediment to her laying a policy role. I'm guessing that a first spouse will never take an actual job title -- if the white house hierarchy is based on access to the resident, it'd be hard to know where to place someone with unlimited access. It’s pretty easy to imagine Hillary, had she not been married to Bill, as a senior staffer in his administration, so you have to ask why the marriage should be an impediment to her laying a policy role. I’m guessing that a first spouse will never take an actual job title — if the white house hierarchy is based on access to the resident, it’d be hard to know where to place someone with unlimited access.

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