Clinton might be trying to raise her profile

Posted By P.J. Aroon Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:52 PM Share

Amid talk that she "toils in the shadows" and that her use of regional envoys diminishes the power of the State Department, Secretary Clinton might be trying to raise her profile by hiring Sidney Blumenthal, formerly an advisor at the Bill Clinton White House and a longtime journalist.

In reporting the news on FP's The Cable, my colleague Laura Rozen described Blumenthal as "a longtime confidant of the Clinton family and a fierce defender of Bill Clinton's presidential legacy." Perhaps his hiring (which hasn't yet been finalized) is an offensive move in countering the perception that Clinton is too behind the scenes, outsourcing the "heavy lifting" to her regional envoys.

(Blumenthal would work on Clinton's speechwriting team, an official told the New York Times.)

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HRC2012

7:53 PM ET

June 24, 2009

If Mr. Blumenthal can help

If Mr. Blumenthal can help her with a media obsessed with Obama; a media who does not deem it newsworthy to cover all of the work she is doing in our foreign policy, then all the more power to her. I say you go girl. Someone has to help even the odds for her. It is about time the world and this country open its eyes to her devotion and hard work on behalf of all of us.

 

CAROLYN-RODHAM

3:21 AM ET

June 25, 2009

What hrc2012 said!

What hrc2012 said!

 

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