Hillary as Secretary of State.

I must admit Obama's decision kind of mystifies me, since Hillary's talents and experience never seemed to be of the diplomatic variety.

Freepers are also flummoxed:

ctdonath2 thinks he knows why Hillary took the job:

No, now she’s 4th in line for POTUS, and in Obama’s face with Bill at her side - as opposed to just being 1 in 100. Considering that VP is largely a ceremonial/gopher role, and Speaker is largely a bureaucratic role, she’s now effectively in power slot #2 - which is right where an aspiring megalomaniac really wants to be (the REAL power position).

Secretary of state: where the real megalomaniacs like Powell and Eagleburger hang out.

NonValueAdded has a different analysis of Hillary's plan. It involves the destrucion of Israel:

[Start Bill Clinton voice] "Honey, you just know that boy is going to be tested early on in his term, and you will have only been SecState for a short while. But that will be the opportunity you have been waiting for. Remember after 9-11 we were so sad that it didn't happen on our watch? Well, this is our chance at redemption! You can commandeer Air Force One and do that shuttle diplomacy thing. You have Israel to trade as a bargaining chip. Look, you and I both know that with Israel gone, the Middle East will be calm for about 5 years before they're at each other's throats again. By that time you will be in the White House on the strength of your diplomatic victory." [stop, for God's sake, the Bill Clinton voice]

From the "that boy" through the "commandeer Air Force One" to the "Bill Clinton voice" this is comedy gold.

NoGrayZone brings up the inevitable "she's going to kill everyone" trope. Hilarious as always!

Doesn’t that make her forth in line for POTUS?
The 3 "in front" better watch their backs. Maybe this will be a fun 4 years after all!!

mnehrling turns to Obama's motivation, or lack thereof:

I wonder Obama has no intention, nor has he ever, of naming her and Hillary started this to appear that Obama denied her thus sabotaging him..

No, I'm not sure about that crammer either.

Ulysse doesn't look at one or the other, but rather the conspiracy of both:

MONEY MONEY MONEY !
OSAMABAMA’s money,financial crisis,MSM bias...This “election” has a lot to do with MONEY,liberal-fascism, but not so much with democracy/freedom.
H.R.CLINTON and Billy are probably bought...It means that she will not be able to run again as candidate in 2012...

Looks like someone forgot their medication again...

dead focuses more on the results of this pick. Seems Hillary is not only a Machiavellian killing machine, she's also borderline retarded:

This will be Entertainment Level 10!
Diplomatically, she'll be a clomping, entitled, abrasive social retard.
As a "subordinate" to the President, she'll impossible to reign in.
She'll be outmaneuvered strategically by tinpot representatives sitting across the table from her, and she'll feel sure she outwitted them.
On the bright side, at least she's hot.

I'll bet you a million dollars that last bit was sarcasm.