Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)Photo: U.S. Senate According to several sources, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice as secretary of state. And I believe she will be a very good secretary of state. She would not have been my first choice, but hey, I wasn't elected president either. Of...

According to the Long Island Press, Sen. Hillary Clinton has accepted the offer of Secretary of State. The NY Times credits two "confidants;" says "that her camp believes they have a done deal." This may be a premature announcement, a trial balloon of sorts. It is, after all, mid-afternoon...

(Credit:Getty Images) This week, the financial system and the unemployed received help from the lame-duck Congress, while the Big 3 automakers were told "Don't come back until you've done your homework." The FDIC agreed to guarantee up to $1.3 trillion in loans...