Call me cynical, call me blasé, but in politics, nothing is as it seems. Sen. Hillary Clinton made a splashing appearance at the pageant and garnered quite a few applauses from her followers. It looked like she was the nominee, not Obama.

Her speech called for unity and a vote for Obama, but was there a hidden message? She did not say “pull my name from the ballots”. Why not? I believe she was saying the following: “Barack promised me a juicy plum if elected, such as the State Department, where I’ll be free to enjoy the pomp of the diplomatic world and meet (again) with the heads of the world’s most powerful nations. I’ll be able to carry out my grandiose plans of changing the world according to Clinton. If he reneges, there is nothing in my speech today that I won’t be able to turn around against him.”

 What do you think?