Hillary Clinton falls on her sword

This is intriguing, to say the least:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the buck stops with her when it comes to who is to blame for security ahead of a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

"I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11, Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott soon after arriving in Lima, Peru, for a visit. The interview, one of a series given to U.S. television networks Monday night, was the first she has given about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Clinton insisted President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not involved in security decisions.

"I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha," she added, noting that it is close to the election.

The attack killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans at the consulate.

The Obama administration has been heavily criticized after Vice President Joe Biden said during last week's vice presidential debate that the White House did not know of requests to enhance security at Benghazi, contradicting testimony by State Department employees that requests had been made and rejected. Following the debate, the White House said the vice president did not know of the requests because they were handled, as is the practice, by the State Department.

What is she getting out of this?

There's no way in hell she did this on her own accord.

No. Way. In. Hell.

Comments

[Tregonsee]

That sort of things works in European, largely parliamentary systems. Not here.

[Mark]

I think this makes her look presidential compared with Obama blame anyone but me presidency. She is taking responsibility, but not in fact admitting anything went wrong, but under investigation. Democrats might see this as trying to help them get elected by at least attempting to make the story go away for now. I see Bill Clinton all over this.

[Locutisprime]

I see Hillary standing on the bridge of the Titanic making public service announcements.

She will never be president now and Bill hasn't been relevant since Obama beach slapped him into oblivion with the politics of race during the 2008 election.

I disagree. Hillary doesn't look like anything to me aside from a worn out has been who is on the down hill side of a history that will not be kind to her.