Clinton ranked 2nd-most powerful woman in Washington

Mon, 09/14/2009 - 9:39am

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sept. 9, 2009 

Fortune magazine just ranked Secretary Clinton as the No. 2 most powerful woman in Washington, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (The magazine says it excluded first lady Michelle Obama because she "exercises her own brand of influence.") Clinton's No. 2 position makes a lot more sense than her No. 36 ranking on Forbes' list last month of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

Fortune did bring up the discussed-to-death topic of "Clinton in the shadows," stating: "As she travels the globe, wielding clout with America's trading partners, many question how strong a voice she has in Obama's inner circle." I'm sick of blogging on this topic! Clinton and President Obama get along very well. Above, the two hug right before Obama's health-care speech last Wednesday, Sept. 9. And look at the photo below of Thursday's cabinet meeting -- the meeting of the "inner circle." Clinton is literally Obama's right-hand woman (albeit Obama is left-handed).

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, cabinet meeting, Sept. 11, 2009

Photos, top to bottom: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images, Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images

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That's more like it

by moderatewinger on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 11:06pm

Forbes magazine had her at #36. To me, that was a bit low. I still think she's more important than Pelosi.

ditto

by Carolyn-Rodham on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 8:10am

ditto