Win-win for President-elect as He Hands Clinton a Golden Straitjacket

This article and analysis from Andrew Sullivan in The Australian - November 24, 2008 was a great read.
Here is a start....

THE Obamaites remember the chaotic amateurism of the Bill Clinton transition in 1993. From the look of it so far, the Obama transition is as smooth and professional as the running of the campaign - and one of the swiftest jump-starts in recent American political history.
Only the Reagan transition went so quickly.

What of the content? The biggest shock, of course, is the tapping of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. I say shock because no one expected it, including Her Imperial Highness of Appalachia. But the more you think about it, the less surprising it is. Clinton remains the biggest domestic threat to the Obama presidency. The Republicans, decimated by the feckless campaign of John McCain and the malign incompetence of Karl Rove, have become a toothless, bitter rump.

The Clintons, however, retain a following ....... click here to read the rest.

Here is my question - is this political acumen or self-protection?

Time will tell, I am sure.
See you in 2016.