Will she be taking the job or not? Well, if she doesn't know, neither do I. But I'm interested in David Broder's argument that, though Clinton could do it well, she's not suited for the post.
What... is the problem? Clinton is the wrong person for that job in this administration. It's not the best use of her talents, and it's certainly not the best fit for this new president.
What Obama needs in the person running the State Department is a diplomat who will carry out his foreign policy. He does not need someone who will tell him how to approach the world or be his mentor in international relations.
Yet, as it says under the first of the above two links, 'If you are secretary of state you work for the president'. The relationship will either be effective on that basis or it won't, and no one can know for sure beforehand whether it will or not. But that would have to be the basis on which the job was accepted and there's no reason in principle to think it couldn't work.
Broder also worries that 'foreign leaders would inevitably see Bill Clinton as an alternative route toward influencing American policy'. Unless Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton can reach an unambiguous understanding that there could be no such route, this would surely be a deal-breaker.
