Sad states of affairs

Published May 26, 2015 9:00am ET



Does Hillary Clinton wish she’d stayed in the Senate, and politely said ‘no’ to President Obama when he offered his former antagonist from the primary season the exalted position of nation’s top diplomat? At the time, it seemed a great chance to burnish her resume and to be above politics. And when she stepped down at the end of Obama’s first term, her favorability ratings were in the low 60s.

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