There's a rumor that Hillary Clinton will step down as Secretary of State.

I don't know, I 'm not sold on it yet. I haven't seen anything credible yet or anything that even appears like a confirmation of this. I'm going to say for now it is probably just an unsubstantiated rumor for right now until I see something confirming it.

Out of curiosity, where did you hear that rumor? I heard the Karl Rove interview with Greta but that's all I've heard of her stepping down. Anyway, I absolutely don't think she's about to run against President Obama in 2012. She's said she's not going to run for anything ever again, but people change their minds so I'd never count her out for possibly 2016 but I don't think it's going to happen in 2012. I've been of the impression she really loves her current job but I suppose it might get extremely tiring with all that traveling around the world. Annie

Considering that it was the Super Delegates who gave the nomination to Senator Obama. Nancy Pelosi lost a lot of political clout after the 2010 midterm and she was a big Obama supporter. Right now President Clinton has a much higher favorable rating than Obama or Bush. Sect of State Clinton now has Senate Experience (when Congress had a higher favorable rating) and Foreign Relations experience. I predict that she will resign in protest over a Foreign Relations issue with the President. She can criticize him over the war in Iraq and Afghanistan because her finger prints are not on those two. Her hands are clean of the major foreign issues thanks to the President appointing so many Czars to handle different countries.

I don't see how she could be happy the way Obama has been with any of his official cabinet. They play second (or third) chair to his czars and even some lobbyists and special interest group leaders. Secretary of State is the plumb of the cabinet positions, From the outside looking in, it seems she has been purposely kept out most of the major international situations. I can't see her putting up with it much longer, unless there is some big pay off for her in the end.

Obama has lost a lot of key people recently. His presidency has always been iffy--no experience, no business experience, no real world living experience--and it's getting worse as his advisors leave. I think if Obama had some decent advisors he could possibly be an effective president. But at this rate, his term will be a disaster that will take decades to recover from. Clinton leaving will just make it worse.

She should ...she would be twice the president that the current one is. That said I do not like her very much but immensely more than the current one.