How much authority will Bill Clinton be given if Hillary is elected POTUS?

[PJMcK]

42. It would be foolish to waste his experience and brilliant mind

Secretary Clinton knows her husband better than anyone on the planet. She's exceedingly intelligent and I trust that, if she's elected, the two of them will decide what effective role he'll play in her administration. Of course he won't hold a cabinet position; that would be a ridiculous step backwards. Further, I feel confident that she won't nominate him to the Supreme Court or another august body.

Let me add that I'm confident she won't let him try to upstage her. If she's elected, she will be as serious a president as this country has ever had. I've always thought Mrs. Clinton was more Alpha than Mr. Clinton. She'll make sure that he'll have specific directives and parameters and he'll most likely be happy with that. After all, at this point in his life, why would he want to have the harder work to do?

Incidentally, MADem, I like your observation that the small club of former POTUSes have reasonably good relationships. Each of them has carried the tremendous burden of leadership and that commands respect and appreciation of the difficulties of the presidency. Except for that elite group, no one knows the overwhelming intensity it must take to be the president. From their extraordinary experiences they share a unique bond.

There are former presidents that I love and admire and there are former presidents that I hate with the fire of ten thousand suns. But I still respect that all of them served our country. Accordingly, if former President Clinton can help hopefully President Clinton, I trust her judgment.