Cat Fight Looming ??

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first sign of cracks in President-elect Barack Obama's foreign policy team of rivals emerged on Monday as his choices for secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visited the State Department.

As Secretary of State-pick Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.N. envoy-choice Susan Rice separately visited the diplomatic agency's headquarters in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood, persons familiar with the transition said that Rice wants to install her own transition team inside the department.

Such a move by an incoming U.N. ambassador is rare, if not unprecedented, because the job is based at the United Nations in New York, where Rice already has a small transition staff, the sources familiar with the incoming administration.

The push by Rice, an early Obama supporter whose position the President-elect wants to elevate to a cabinet post, is also a signal that she intends to use her influence with the new president to play a more significant role than previous U.N. envoys, they said. The transition sources spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Meow!! Meow!! Just marking their territory right now.

It was not clear if Clinton and Rice—who had strained relations during the Democratic primaries because of Rice's steadfast backing of Obama—saw each other at the State Department as Clinton left the building shortly after Rice arrived.

During the presidential campaign, some Clinton aides saw Rice's early decision to back Obama as a betrayal because of her previous role as a high State Department official during President Bill Clinton's administration. Rice's desire to place her own team in Washington could fuel speculation that those tensions will carry into the new administration.

This could get get pretty good in the future. Clinton doesn't like it when she is overshadowed for the power play. I am having flashbacks to the famous cat fight scene in "Dynasty" between Linda Evans and Joan Collins. Let's hope these two play nice.

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[edit on 9-12-2008 by jibeho]

Just had to have some fun today. Certainly, there is nothing fun going in the world right now. Gotta love the 80's cat fight theme music.

I hope a cat fight is the worst thing to happen in these four years.

Lord knows we need something to amuse us during this economic crisis, but we don't need a presidential term to be as bad or even half as bad as the last.