"Two for the Price of One" Lives

The Clintons were (in)famously advertised early in the first Clinton Administration as "two for the price of one."

That concept seems to be alive and well, as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that she would rely on her husband, whom she called "the most popular person in the world right now," to act as a diplomat in her administration if she is elected.

She cites the "tradition" of former Presidents acting as diplomats, but it's hard for me to imagine publicity-loving Bill, serving any sort of public role in a new Clinton Administration, as being anything other than a recipe for trouble.

It's going to be interesting for Mrs. Clinton to walk the line during the campaign between appealing to her husband's fans while keeping him -- and memories of his problems -- out of the limelight.