Bill Clinton To Replace Hillary Clinton As Senator In New York?

If Hillary joins the Obama administration she’s going to leave a Senate seat empty in New York, and the Washington Post thinks Bill Clinton should be appointed to fill it.

Amid the blizzard of résumés blanketing Washington as the Obama era dawns, there is a superbly qualified candidate for full employment whose name has been overlooked. We refer, of course, to William Jefferson Clinton, America’s 42nd chief executive and commander in chief. Yet now, by a wonderful combination of circumstances, comes an opportunity to harness his unquestioned political talents to benefit his country, the Democratic Party, New York state and his spouse…
Who in his party could question so historic and dazzling a choice? In a stroke, the appointment would provide Sen. Clinton’s indefatigable husband with a fitting day job, serve the interests of a state beset by a meltdown in its most vital economic sector and offer a refreshing reverse twist on a tradition whereby deceased male senators, representatives or governors are succeeded by their widows…
In today’s unusual circumstances, surely beyond the imagination of any novelist, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would not have to fret about suitable protocol for dealing with her spouse on foreign trips were he occupied, full time, with senatorial duties.

If Bubba were to get appointed to fill Hillary’s Senate seat he’d be only the third US President to serve in Congress after serving in the White House (John Quincy Adams went on to serve in the House, and Andrew Johnson went on to serve in the Senate).